Scam Alert  - please do not be taken in by these criminals
Channel: peakfiddler
Date: 2021-04-28

Apologies, I know this is not about fiddle playing, but just thought it was useful to share, as I'd hate the thought of any of you being caught out by these fraudsters. Plus, I got interrupted during filming twice!  Jolly Roger, pirate teaching video to follow, how appropriate.

I know most of you are very clued up about this sort of organised criminal activity, but just in case you are not. This video may help anyone who gets approached by these criminals. They are not genuine and are totally deceitful.

Sorry about the poor quality of recording when the fake telephone call comes in from India, I'm afraid I held my phone a little too close to the camera which gave some interference to the sound quality, but hopefully you will still get the gist of the call.

This call originated in India, which is where most of these scam calls appear to come from, once I have traced origins of these and other calls I have received. Yet what does that country do about it? Or even the providers in the UK of the network. I appreciate the pandemic is ripping through that country at the moment, as it has in both the UK and America, but I have been receiving these type of calls for a long time now.
I have of course reported both numbers to HMRC to blacklist the numbers.