Another Scam Warning

If you receive any phone call that is a recorded message you should always treat it as a scam. No genuine organisation would do any cold calling by recorded message. Particularly as there are a significant number of home phones that now have one or other form of call blocker on them.

These intercept the call, without letting it ring your phone, and they ask for the caller's name. Without a name being given the call blocker won't put the call through. Therefore recorded messages can't get through. Even with actual people making cold calls you'll find that they won't bother once they hear that their call has been intercepted as they realise that the phone owner is aware of scams.