{"id":195198,"date":"2025-12-16T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/195198\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:32:07","slug":"have-you-received-a-scam-call-from-a-uk-44-number-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/195198\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you received a scam call from a UK +44 number? \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you seen an increase in calls from unknown numbers<\/a> that use the prefix +44 to your phone?<\/p>\n

People are being advised to avoid answering these calls<\/a> amid a surge in reports of scams.<\/p>\n

In the run-up to Christmas<\/a>, Ireland is experiencing a significant rise in scam calls that appear to be coming from the UK<\/a>, according to the State\u2019s communication regulator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Typically, if you answer one of these calls, an automated voice claiming to be from an agency \u2013 such as recruitment or human resources \u2013 will attempt to elicit some of your personal information.<\/p>\n

Just by answering one of the +44 phone calls, it is possible that a scammer may add your number to a database<\/a>, or sell it on to another criminal organisation, resulting in you receiving more calls of a similar nature.<\/p>\n

Have you answered one of these calls? If so, what happened next? We\u2019d like to hear from you. <\/p>\n

You can share your experience using the form below. Please limit your submissions to 400 words or less and include a phone number for verification purposes only. <\/p>\n

We will curate a selection of submissions for an article but please note we may not publish every submission we receive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have you seen an increase in calls from unknown numbers that use the prefix +44 to your phone?…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,66376,61,60],"class_list":["post-195198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-have-your-say","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}