Woman with an Indian accent started the call by saying "hi, how are you today?", but my network had flagged the call as potential spam, so I just asked "who is this?". She then claimed to be from a company that I'd never heard of, responding to a report to a housing officer - but would not say who made the report. She hung up when I said she had the wrong number. This sounded like a scam targeting the vulnerable in social housing.
Community overview
Community rating:
Mixed
6 user reports
First reported 3 Oct 2025
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Last reported
11 months
ago
User Reports (6)
Scam/Fraud
04 Oct 2025
Unknown Caller
03 Oct 2025
Claimed to be responding to a complaint made to a housing officer.
Unknown Caller
03 Oct 2025
Hello how are you
Spam
03 Oct 2025
Something about reported repairs which I haven't done. As soon as I said that they got the wrong number, they dropped the call
Unknown Caller
03 Oct 2025
Don’t answer it’s to check if phone number active
Robocall
03 Oct 2025
no response on my answer
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