• Reading time:2 mins read

HSBC Telephone Scam Alert

A member of our community has received a phone call ostensibly from his bank, HSBC, claiming to be making checks for GDPR. The caller gave details that included the persons full name, address, date of birth and first four digits of the long number on his card. The caller then asked that the remaining numbers on the card be disclosed and confirmation of other bank details (sort code et al.).

Fortunately this information was denied to the caller and our member terminated the call and with presence of mind dialled 1471 to obtain the callers number. Subsequent enquiries with HSBC in the presence of a member of the Watch team ascertained that this was a scam. The account holder was congratulated by the bank for the response that he made and was assured that the bank itself would never request for such detail over the phone.

Please be vigilant there are fraudsters out there who scam over the phone and even by door knocking and who do have access to a considerable amount of your personal information.

Sign up for Action Fraud Alerts here


Want something publicising?

Don’t forget, if you have any event or item of interest for the village, just email it to webmaster@suttoncumlound.net and our resident website monitor will do his best to accommodate you. All posts go out to our increasing list of email update subscribers as soon as they’re published.

We also have the Sutton Spotlight, which goes out to every house in the village on a quarterly (ish) basis. Space is sometimes limited, so try to get your entry in early.

We’re also lucky to have a village Journalist who collates news and updates for the Retford Times on a weekly basis. Get your copy in on Monday morning for the Thursday issue.

All our website updates are also sent down the village Twitter feed, @SuttonCumLound. So, follow us there for these and other items in and around our area.

The Parish Council has a Facebook presence for all things of a council nature. Contact the Clerk if you want anything on this feed.


Get these updates directly to your inbox

Subscribe to our newsletter and join 72 other subscribers.

To subscribe for newsletters by email simply choose what you want to receive and enter your email address below.

Read more about email subscriptions
Select what you would like to see:
By subscribing you agree to receive our newsletters and agree with our Privacy Policy available here.
Please make sure you add webmaster@suttoncumlound.net to your list of safe email addresses (sometimes called your Whitelist)