QuickCheck: Are scammers impersonating NSRC officials via phone calls?


WITH more and more people becoming aware of the different ways scammers are trying to cheat people - such as postal, bank, phone scams - it is only natural that they will develop new tricks.

Recently, a claim has been made that scammers have a new tactic; this time calling people up and posing as National Scam Resource Centre (NSRC) personnel.

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