Thanks Jon, not happened here but it's good to be aware so that precautions can be put into place.
Regards,
Colin Humphreys
Rheolwr Cofrestru ac Asesu /Registrations and Assessments Manager
Coleg Morgannwg
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From: The FE Exams Network mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Brown
Sent: 24 May 2012 12:13
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Subject: Maybe SPAM Bogus Phone call
Just wanted to alert you all to an incident which we became aware of yesterday.
On Tuesday evening an exam student recieved a phone call from someone purporting to be from the College. The student was told that as they had missed an exam (untrue) they owed a £70 fee and needed to pay this urgently to clear their records. This is clearly a hoax or a scam of the worst kind - we have taken the precaution of warning our students not to respond to such demands and if possible to record details of the caller. Unfortunately in the case concerned no information was recorded.
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