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.

WHO coronavirus scam email

Corona virus email scam

The World Health Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

Hackers are now pretending to be from the world health organization (WHO), sending fake emails with phishing links to try gain information or money.

Please don't fall for these scams! I will create a list below to explain how you can tell that they are scams, and not to be trusted. Also i will be providing a link to where you can report these types of emails.

The WHO organisation would never ask for any of these below.

1. They will never conduct lotteries, giveaways, grants or anything in that nature.
2. This is there official website https://www.who.int/ if you receive any links to other sites, do not click on them.
3. They will never ask for money from you or charge you for anything.
4. They would never ask for usernames or passwords of any sorts.

If you receive an email like this from someone who is trying to impersonate the WHO organization, you can follow this link to report it https://www.who.int/about/who-we-are/contact-us.

How can you stay safe from these types of emails? you may not be able to control being sent them. You can control your own safety, so I'll list a couple of measures on how you can keep yourself safe.

1. If you receive a email claiming to be from (WHO) always check the email address it should end in @who.int
2. Look for spelling mistakes, a lot of the time the email you receive will have either spelling mistakes or just grammatically incorrect.
3. Never click external links and if you do they should start with HTTPS, if it doesn't start with that then its not legit.

If you have already fallen for this not to worry you can still keep yourself safe I'll list below what to do if you have already fallen victim.

1. Change the password on your account.
2. If any money has come out of your bank, get in touch with your bank and inform them about what has happened. They should be able to refund you.
3. This one may seem a waste of time but its not. Change your password for your other accounts especially if you use the same password.

Hackers/scammers are also pretending to be from other organisations for the coronavirus. Just be aware! DO NOT click links that you don't know where they have come from. DO NOT give any personal information out to anyone through emails contact the organization directly and they should take care of the rest.

If you would like to see about other scams and phishing techniques come check out my other blogs, maybe you could find something useful and prevent yourself from being scammed.

• https://misconceptionhacker.blogspot.com/2020/03/new-bt-email-scam.html
• https://misconceptionhacker.blogspot.com/2020/03/misconception-of-hackers-and-being.html