Number spoofing facilitating fraud

Money Box

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4.2 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

All too often we hear about fraudsters using the phone to trick victims into handing over thousands or tens of thousands of pounds and destroying lives in the process. But how often to we get to hear an actual recording of these criminals in action? We play a recording of a fraud call in progress because a criminal made the terrible mistake of calling our Money Box reporter Dan Whitworth. Paul Lewis talks to Graeme Biggar, Director General of National Economic Crime Centre for the National Crime Agency and MP Steve Baker, who's a member of the Treasury Select Committee.

The Government plans to put more regulations in place to address the widespread concerns about the poor practice and behaviour of private car parking operators. A new code of practice will be drawn up, with the system being introduced by the middle of next year. Paul talks to Steve Clark, Director of Operations and Business Development, British Parking Association.

The FCA says it has no current plans to take further regulatory action against a compensation scheme set up by the guarantor loans lender Amigo - despite admitting the scheme might not be compatible with its current rules. Sara Williams, founder of the debt advice website Debt Camel, talks us through the latest developments.

Presenter: Paul Lewis Reporter: Dan Whitworth Researcher: Jonelle Awomoyi Production Coordinator: Janet Staples Producer: Ben Carter Editor: Rosamund Jones

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0:00.0	In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.
0:08.0	But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA
0:12.0	was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.
0:18.0	Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family? When lies are still being told to this day,
0:24.0	who do you believe? I wouldn't even know where to start and I'm with the IRA.
0:28.5	Steakknife. Listen first on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.5	Hello, welcome to this Moneybox podcast.
0:40.6	The government says it will clamp down on cowboy parking firms,
0:43.7	but will its plans make things worse or better for private motorists?
0:47.5	And the buddy loan firm that's not being so friendly to complain us,
0:51.7	its chief executive explains why.
0:53.6	But first, we have a special
0:55.3	investigation on today's money box. We often report on thieves using a phone call to trick
1:00.5	victims into handing over the key to tens of thousands of pounds. But this week, we bring you
1:06.2	the crime itself, a recording of the fraud in progress, in a conversation between the criminal
1:12.9	and our reporter, Dan Whitworth, who they foolishly called to try to rob him. It reveals step
1:19.9	by step how the crooks panic you, threaten you and then convince you they are who they say
1:25.7	they are. Dan's here. Dan, how did you get this material?
1:29.1	Well, Paul, like lots of us, I got a spam call one day. Now, the best advice is to ignore them and hang up.
1:35.7	But they called me when I was in the BBC offices here in Salford, so I played along, gave them a false surname and address, ran into the studio and hit record.
1:46.0	There's a criminal case registered under your name for tax fraud and tax evasion, and there
1:50.6	is also a warrant out for your arrest now.
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