{"id":3994,"date":"2024-11-13T15:24:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:26:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:26:16","slug":"stop-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/?p=3994","title":{"rendered":"159 Stop scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopscamsuk.org.uk\/our-work\/159-phone-number\/\">159 phone number &#8211; Stop Scams UK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>159 is a phone number operated by Stop Scams UK that you can call if you receive a suspicious or unexpected call about a financial matter:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>How to use 159<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you receive a suspicious call, you can:\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stop the conversation and hang up&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wait a few seconds&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Call 159&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>State your bank&#8217;s name when prompted by the recorded message&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your bank will ask security questions and direct you to the best department&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can ask your bank if what you heard is true&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Features of 159<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>159 is a secure number that connects you directly to your bank:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>159 can&#8217;t be spoofed&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>159 will never call you&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most major banks are connected to 159, including Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Chase, and more&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stop Scams UK&#8217;s goals<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stop Scams UK&#8217;s goal is to have Ofcom make 159 a mandatory number, like 101, 111, or 999. They also work on projects to better understand the scam problem and build solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>159 phone number &#8211; Stop Scams UK 159 is a phone number operated by Stop Scams UK that you can call if you receive a suspicious or unexpected call about a financial matter:&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p53QCd-12q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3994"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3997,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994\/revisions\/3997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}