(English) „Missed Call“-Scams are on the rise again!

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Amerikanisches Englisch verfügbar.   If you receive an incoming call from a foreign number, you should be very careful! Fraudsters from abroad use these calls to deceive their victims and steal their money. And although this type of scam isn´t completely new, thousands of consumers fall victim to them […]

tellows Weekly Top 3: Payday. Loan. Scams.

The report from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) showed that around 3.9m British families do not have enough savings to cover their rent or mortgage for more than a month. As CSJ Director Christian Guy said: Some of the poorest people in Britain are cut off from mainstream banking and have no choice now […]

(English) £ 7 Million in One Year with ‚Vishing‘ Scams

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Amerikanisches Englisch verfügbar. In the day of vast advancing technology, it is nearly impossible to keep track of all of the latest developments and the new possibilities subsequently emerging. Unfortunately, that also holds true for the various strategies and tactics of con artists who try to exploit the latest […]

(English) Work Methods of Call Centres – The Importance of Telephone Number Blocks

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Amerikanisches Englisch verfügbar. Constant avaiability through our mobile and smartphones has become a part of our daily routine. Although there are, undoubtably, advantages to this avaiability, for some people this benefit turned into curse, especially as far as unsolicited calls are concerned. One Company, Innumberable Phone Numbers – Thanks […]

(English) PPI Claims Phone Scam To Strike UK – The Most Wanted Numbers

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Amerikanisches Englisch verfügbar. Here are this week’s top three callers: 1. 01254368742 from Blackburn with a tellows score of 7 2. 0166886633 from Bamburgh with a tellows score of 8 3. 01412582118 from Glasgow with a tellows score of 8 We have a new top spam candidate this week: […]

(English) tellows interviews the currently most popular AI. The answers surprised us!

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Amerikanisches Englisch verfügbar. tellows asks – AI in action In this blog post tellows interviews an artificial intelligence (AI). Tellows has been dealing with the issue of phone rip-offs and scam calls for over 10 years. Therefore, we want to assess how well the AI ChatGPT knows about this […]

O2 scam calls – How to get rid of scam calls

Be aware of those numbers? Telephone scams and dubious calls are and will remain an issue that will not lose its relevance anytime soon. Quite the contrary. Every day, individuals continue to be confronted with the fraudulent stories of unscrupulous scammers.  The reasons given for the calls cover a wide range: from the delivery of […]

(English) How to protect yourself from Scam Calls in Australia

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Amerikanisches Englisch verfügbar. We’ve all seen spam and fraud in our everyday life. Luckily, it is often easy to see through them before it is too late. But especially on the phone, it can be tricky to distinguish a genuine call from a scam call. On tellows-au.com we receive […]

(English) Latest Scam Alert of COVID-19! More than £970k loss in a month

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Amerikanisches Englisch verfügbar. We are all worried by the pandemic, and watching news reporting how the numbers increase and people’s panic buying really don’t help. Nonetheless, during this time and days, tellows would like to remind you do not fall victim of phone scams related to COVID-19. Scammers around […]

(English) The Fake Amazon Prime Scam

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Amerikanisches Englisch verfügbar. Hello tellows friends, Think you already know everything about the latest phone scams? You’d be wrong. Scammers are constantly devising new ways to trick the public and in this blog we are going to introduce you to one of their newest tricks: The Amazon Prime Scam.