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JacquiS_2678724
SMARTY Livewire
07-08-2024
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Number being used as spam calls

Hey, I'm a relatively new SMARTY customer and yesterday my daughter (who the account is for) had a really aggressive call from a lady saying that her number had been used to call her from HMRC (as a ...
  • SmartyTrousers's avatar
    07-08-2024

    Unfortunately, scam callers have the facility to set their caller ID as whatever they want, so they have probably just picked a random UK mobile number as their caller ID, that just happens to be your daughter's. Rest assured the calls will not really be originating from your daughter's Smarty account.

    I once had someone insisting I'd called her from my work number, and demanding to know my name. I told her my name was none of her business as I definitely hadn't called her.

    I know it's not ideal, but if your daughter continues getting more calls like this, you can contact Smarty support and I'm sure they'd be able to give her a new number for free.