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varispeed • yesterday at 9:56 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I had a phone call the other day from someone identifying as police officer saying they raided a house and found something likely belonging to me and there is ongoing investigation. They knew my basic personal details. What was interesting that there was almost no gap between what I said and their response and voice sounded quite natural. I kept it for a while, because once I had a doctor call me who sounded like AI, but it was actually his real voice and it was embarrassing as I called him out for being AI. Anyway, they tried to get me to fill a police form (they knew my email as well) - this is where I realised this is a 100% scam. The email was spoofed. I reported this to the police, but they were not interested. I thought impersonation of police officer would be a serious matter. Apparently not in the UK.


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siliconpotato • yesterday at 10:55 PM

There's a specialist action fraud line you can call for this, and I believe they track this stuff. Otherwise it will be like trying to tell a traffic cop about a non traffic offence

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beloch • yesterday at 10:44 PM

They probably get dozens of calls per day about that sort of thing and the anti-fraud unit is already overwhelmed.