Pretending to be my bank and suggesting may have been a fraud from amazon
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They sent me a text message pretending to be first direct alleging they had blocked a payment from my card, asking if I made a purchase on eBay and that I needed to ring them. SCAM
They sent me a text message pretending to be First Direct alledging they had blocked a payment from my card and that I needed to ring them. Hoax call
Received email asking if I made a purchase on eBay. Saying our automated security system blocked it. SCAM.
Text message pretending to be Lloyds with one time passcode for purchase on Ebay
Scammer pretending to be Lloyds in order to obtain personal bank account details.
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