Sim Scam?

[Philgc]

I had a call from a mobile number yesterday, claiming to be from 3.

The number was 07*********

The caller said that “we are upgrading our services, your current SIM will stop working in the next 2-3 days. We are sending a new SIM by courier tomorrow. Can you please confirm…”  at which point I ended the call.

[JonathanB]

Hi @Philgc,

Sorry to hear about this, it'll definitely be a scam call. We wouldn't ring you from a number beginning 01, 02, or 07. We've removed the number as this will likely be a "spoof", in most cases like this the UK number being used is faked, and it may well be an active number belonging to someone who has nothing to do with this scam.

You can find out more info to help protect you from scams, and how to report them on our Fraud to watch out for page.

Thanks,
Jonathan