I get the bank scam e-mails all the time, with the phoney links which
appear to be taking you to Barclays, NatWest or whoever but which of course go to somewhere quite different.
Apart from the usual widows of Nigerian Generals who want to make me rich, I had a wonderful attempt at extortion a couple of months ago. Apparently somebody I call a friend had decided to have me "rubbed out," but the hit man had been following me, realized I was innocent of the "crimes," and willing to cross his employer if I paid him $8000.
Back to the phone scams though, we have all the non-geographical 0870 and "personal/corporate" numbers in the 07xx and 05xx codes here, which the scammers like to use, since those number can be pointed anywhere.
Some of the fraudsters must think people are stupid though. I've received e-mails saying "Please fax your details to our London office," and then giving a phone number which starts with 00 852 -- Hong Kong!
