Speaking of "scammers", a while back, My mother nearly got conned over the phone. Someone rang up saying they were from Barclays (who she had a current account with at the time) and started asking for details. Luckily I was in the room and clocked what was going on I got the phone off her and told them to go forth and multiply and hung up (if I wasn't there though I'd say she would of glady passed them info).
Afterwards she was a little uneasy, worrying it may of been genuine so to put her mind at rest I rang Barclays (after security questions and getting consent to speak to me) I asked them if they ever made calls asking for account details, I was going to have a good rant at them if they'd actually made the call. As I thought though, it wasn't off them.
Nowadays, I'm still suspicious even if the caller display gives the correct phone number. I heard even they can be spoofed using certain shenanigans.
I assume they just had my mothers phone number and were fishing for the rest. I guess they say they're Barclays etc and a certain percentage will have a Barclays account and they then try to reel them in with BS
