Barclays telephone scam

Barclay's telephone scam

What is barclay's ?

If you don't know what Barclay's is, it's a UK bank that is very popular and a lot of people go with them for banking.

What is the Barclay's scam ?

What is the Barclay's scam. Although I've never received one myself, I have seen numerous people receive a call from someone pretending to be from Barclay's and basically saying "in these times with the corona virus going around they can offer you a grant, but first they need your bank details" this is how you can tell that it's a scam, your bank would never ask for bank or card details.

What you should do if you get contacted or have fallen victim ?

What should you do if you receive one of these calls, decline the call. If you do answer because you don't recognize the number DO NOT give out any bank details to anyone, if they ask for bank details put down the phone.

If you get contacted by these scammers please report them here

• https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
• https://www.barclays.co.uk/digisafe/reporting-fraud/

both links work. If you end up falling victim to this scam just be aware it may not only be Barclay's they probably pretend to be multiple banks. Just make sure to never give out bank information and if you receive a call, inform the bank they are imitating and report the phone number they are using.