Re: Yet another telephone scam (Amazon)
There was an elderly chap in our local paper tonight who got scammed.
Apparently he was just going to take his dog out for a walk when he got a phone call saying his Amazon account was being accessed by someone in America!
They kept him talking for nearly 2 & half hours!!
They told him there seemed to be several different people involved and they were going to put him through to one of their superiors.
The old fella said they sounded very professional and when they began talking about his Amazon account and his banking, they got him hooked.
They said they would pay some money back into his account but he had to go to his branch of Nationwide and take money out and transfer it to TSB for safety first. They provided him with a TSB account number and sort code.
In the meantime they got access to his account, took over his computer remotely and nicked £3,850!
Fortunately, Nationwide saved his bacon and sussed the scam straightaway. They seemed fully aware of this present Amazon scam that's doing the rounds.
The article said at the finish -
"If you are targeted by a scam call, report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.