Scammers are getting more sophisticated

Sometimes, you can have a good sense of smell for when a scammer might be trying to con you, but what if you got another call from someone saying that the person you're on the line with is legit?

This is what happened to Dorian Jones - he got a call from someone claiming to be from Amazon saying his account had been compromised, and it immediately raised reg flags with him. However, during that call he was contacted by a second person who "verified" the original caller as being someone who worked for Amazon.

After letting his guard down, the 70-year old had £1,800 stolen from two bank accounts as part of 12 different transactions.

In his mind, he had done his due diligence - the original scammer even suggested security optionds to him like hanging up his phone regularly and urging him to type numbers into his phone to "cancel the scammers". He even received fake texts from what he thought was his bank.

Amazon say that they would never ask customers to download software, move money outside of its website or app, or share remote access with your devices.

It is an example of how scammers are realising that the public are getting more savvy, and using that knowledge against us to force us to lower our guard.

Plus, spotting a scam call is getting even harder as fraudsters are now using software to make it look like a call to our mobile is from a legitimate company. The advice from City of London Police is to hang up the call if you're suspicious, then call back on a phone number which you can find on the company's official website.

Scammers are getting smarter - which means we all have to be more suspicious.