Information from Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Scam Alerts Newsletter
In this issue of Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Scam Alerts Newsletter, you will find information on:
- Call blockers
- Phone scams
- Impersonation scams
- Tech support scams
- HMRC scams
- Prize draw scams
- ‘Number spoofing’
- Premium-rate number scams, and more…
How to report phone scams
If you receive a scam call on your mobile phone you can report it in one of two ways depending on what kind of phone you have:
- iPhone: send a text to 7726 using the word call followed by the scam number.
- Android: text the word call to 7726 and you will then receive a reply asking for the scam number.
To block a scam number on WhatsApp you have two options:
- Select the chat with the unknown phone number in your chats list, then press Options > View contact > Block > Block.
- Open the chat with the unknown phone number, then press Options > View contact > Block > Block.
