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was instantly suspicious of a vulnerable person being urged to send a BT payment to China. “He said he had been told that BT had sent him a £5,000 payment instead of £200 and the money had to be paid back. I asked why and he couldn’t tell me. He just had a piece of paper with a Blackburn number on it. “Then he said the person was on his mobile phone, still on the line in a live call. “I knew it was dodgy. I spoke to the person on the phone, who sounded as if he was from an Asian background. He asked who I was and demanded to speak to my customer. I knew that as soon as he got the MoneyGram instruction the money would be gone, so I disconnected the call. The phone kept ringing but I told my customer not to answer it.” Mohammed is pleased that he saw through the con but remains shocked at the complexity of the scam and the plausibility of the people behind it. “It’s a very clever scam, heartless and deceitful. It made me very angry. There are people out there who will go to any lengths to take money from the vulnerable. I’m glad I was able to stop it. My advice to anyone who gets a call like this is to talk to their bank and not to send any money.”

There are people out there who will go to any lengths to take money from the vulnerable.

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