Fraudsters are taking advantage of the change to fibre phone lines and are ringing people saying they need to provide their bank details to ensure their phone will not be disconnected – or asking for payments for digital conversion kits.
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Channel 5 Programme on Phone Scams and how to avoid them
They also talked about how vulnerable elderly people are – because they trust people. The advice to give your elderly relatives is to put the phone down and ring the company back from a known number.