In reply to a post by GonePostal:

In reply to a post by broadbandjockey:

It's a geographic number, the same area code I live it. Had it a couple of months. It's not ported in from BT etc. This is the only spam call I've ever received.

I'm not surprised to receive a spam call, I realise they are just a result of randomly ringing numbers.

My concern (which no one seems to have picked up on) is the call arrived seconds after receiving a genuine call from Lloyds Bank, and reading up the matter, it seems exactly the same number has attempted to ring other people seconds after they have received a genuine bank call too ?

Indeed so. Check out the reports for the number at Who Called Me?.

Yes !! That's exactly what I did !

Here's the number plugged into that site

https://who-called.co.uk/Number/07781098765

I wonder if this issue is associated with maybe a third-party provider the banks uses to provider this service (as its happening with more than one bank), it could be as simple as someone has left a test number in the code somewhere.

In reply to a post by dect:

I wonder if this issue is associated with maybe a third-party provider the banks uses to provider this service (as its happening with more than one bank), it could be as simple as someone has left a test number in the code somewhere.

That had crossed my mind too, perhaps a 'ghost' number ?

Seems to have only affected Lloyds and HBOS customers (probably use the same internet banking engine)

Have you informed your bank and told them about other people having the same problem? You could perhaps do this by letter or a private email if the bank has such a system.

In reply to a post by Michael_Chare:

Have you informed your bank and told them about other people having the same problem? You could perhaps do this by letter or a private email if the bank has such a system.

No. I'm reluctant to do that for now, because their first reaction will be to reset all of my home banking parameters which will be a huge PITA, when it may all just be a red herring.

I'll revert to using my mobile phone number for future authorisations ?

On the face of it seems related to their systems, rather than telephony / VoIP service provider.

Must say never had anything like this, but don’t personally or business bank with Lloyds / HBOS.

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