Suspected spam caller potentially leveraging the "say Yes" scam. I answered a call from this number and agent said "hello". I replied in kind and they continued saying "hello". I said "yes" and they hung up immediately. This seemed strange and after searching the number online I came across this - https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/what-is-say-yes-scam/
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4 user reports
About this number
Number formats
- UK format: 020 8098 2453
- International: +44 20 8098 2453
Number details
- Number type: Landline
- Number range allocated to: Simwood eSMS Limited
- Area: London
- Area code: 020
Reported categories
Based on 4 public user reports
User Reports (4)
Claiming to be from Vodafone doing an annual review. I'm not with Vodafone... scam!
Claimed they were calling from Vodafone, asking about our Microsoft 365 licensing.
SPAM NUMBER as always starts with 020 .. :3
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