#personal alarm

A elderly woman and neighbor used this alarm to effectively scare a attacker away. He ran away when he heard the siren.

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As background, sales people and scammers already have my full name, telephone number and address from somewhere. Fortunately they don't know my date of birth. The latest scam is designed to discover dates of birth, which would be a major help in accessing personal information etc.

This scam is being executed very skillfully. The person claimed to be from a government department, used good English and sounded like a government administrator (which is good) as opposed to a call centre person or someone with sales training.

They confirmed with me that their records of my name and address were correct, said that they were sending my personal alarm and explained how I should wear it round my neck and operate it in case of emergency. Then, in a matter of fact way, they asked for my date of birth and the penny dropped. It was a phishing call.

I continue to await my personal alarm, but don't really expect it to arrive. In the meantime, beware.