When a scammer calls: 3 strategies to protect...
Call spoofing, which refers to the process of changing the caller ID to any number other than the actual calling number, is a tactic that has lately been on the rise.
+44 1407 765344
Gwynedd Shipping Group
Verified profile
Holyhead
United Kingdom
Holyhead is a town in Wales and a major Irish Sea port serving Ireland. It is also a community and the largest town in the Isle of Anglesey county, with a population of 13,659 at the 2011 census. Holyhead is on Holy Island, which is separated from Anglesey by the narrow Cymyran Strait and was originally connected to Anglesey via the Four Mile Bridge. In the mid-19th century, Lord Stanley, a local philanthropist, funded the building of a larger causeway,... Show more known locally as "The Cobb", it now carries the A5 and the railway line. The A55 dual carriageway runs parallel to the Cobb on a modern causeway.
Tips on articles
Beware of this New Visa Scam Phone Call!
I groggily answered the ringing phone at 6am, and was alarmed to hear an official-sounding robotic voice. “This is the alert system with Visa (or Mastercard) account services!” It went on to tell me that there were two suspicious charges to my Visa card.
You might be interested
Is the forum moderated?
The forum is partly moderated. Thousands of comments are added to the site daily so it is not in our power to check them all. Therefore we deal mainly with suspicious and reported comments.
What the benefits of signing up to Call Insider are
Registration at Call Insider is free. Creating an account brings several benefits:
- Fewer ads.
- An overview of your ratings, which you can edit and delete.
- Ability to set up notifications about replies to your comments.
- No need to solve reCaptcha (spambot protection) when adding a comment.
- Ability to add more comments a day.
- Easier reporting of harmful comments.
My comment has disappeared or has been edited, why?
We edit and delete comments for the following reasons:
- We are informed that the comment contains signs of illegal actions and these actions can be determined on the basis of general awareness.
- We are informed that a given comment contains personal data according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- We are notified that the comment is vulgar or abusive.
- We receive a request to delete a comment from the police.
- We receive a court decision to delete a comment.
Other numbers in our database
What’s your experience with this number?