August 2021 IDM Special Edition
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SCAMDEMIC: NO VACCINE IN SIGHT<br />
DEBT REVIEW SCAMS<br />
NEW ACCOUNT<br />
DETAILS<br />
This is actually a fairly common scam in many<br />
industries and involves someone telling you that the<br />
PDA banking details have changed, and asking you to<br />
make a payment into the new account.<br />
How it Works:<br />
Someone from your “Debt Counsellors office” (the scammer) calls<br />
and says that they have good news for you, your payment amount<br />
has been reduced. What good news!!! This is the bait to draw you<br />
in. Who wouldn’t want to pay less? Then they tell you that all you<br />
now need to do is pay the reduced amount into a different account<br />
number (for one reason or another).<br />
It is important to note that the PDAs have not changed their bank<br />
details for years and years, and this is unlikely to happen. If someone<br />
tells you this, they are trying to scam you.<br />
What you should immediately do, is pick up the phone and call your<br />
Debt Counsellor directly (the person you actually know by voice<br />
and perhaps face to face) and ask if any such change has actually<br />
happened.
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