My voicemail has messaged from action fraud

[CraigL861]

This is a bit of a strange one...

My wife called me today and I missed call, she said instead of normal voicemail, it said that my number has been connected to fraud and to contact Action Fraud on their phone number.  I thought she was winding. Me up and asked her to call again when she was home and this time it didn't happen. Thought nothing of it.

My son called me tonight and I rejected the call as I was driving and just pulling into the street. The same message happened and he panicked. When I got in we tried again and got normal message. He then tried it again and the action fraud message happened, I heard it this time.

Has anyone else experienced this? I tried to call EE but couldn't get to speak to anyone. I also tried the action fraud number but it's closed. Bit perplexed with it all tbh. I am not involved in any fraud, and I'm sure if I was I wouldn't be using the phone number I have had for almost 20 years!!!!

Any help would be appreciated 

[XRaySpeX]

@CraigL861 : What is the exact wording of this msg?

[CraigL861]

Thanks for the reply.

I don't have the exact wording, as it's not doing it now.

It was along the lines of

"This number has been blocked due to being connected to fraudulent calls. If this person contacts you please contact Action Fraud on #...….."

I haven't had any issues with my phone or numbers connecting to me, just certain times with rejected or unanswered calls. We just tried again there and it goes straight to normal voicemail 😩🙈

[XRaySpeX]

The wording is strange. What is the phone # given?

[CraigL861]

I never caught the number, but did sound similar to the action fraud number on their website.

Is there a way of my number being cloned to use for spam calls?

[XRaySpeX]

You dialled it. Isn't it in your Call Log?

[CraigL861]

Yeah I went on the action fraud website and dialled the number on there. Not the number that was on the message.

[CraigL861]

0300 123 2040 that's the number I called, on my call log it is under GDPR Checker🤷🏻‍♂️

[XRaySpeX]

Looks pukka!

[Ronaldo_7]

Have the same issue right now.

Very disturbing!