Good Morning Britain star issues warning after ‘disturbing’ phone call-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

Good Morning Britain star Ranvir Singh has shared a warning with viewers after a terrifying incident.

The 43-year-old presenter revealed to hosts Kate Garraway and Rob Rinder that she nearly a became a victim of fraud after a suspicious phone call.

‘You know I like to stalk you on Instagram, if I can’t in real life,’ Kate began, saying: ‘And it’s usually hilarious, but actually, really disturbing thing you posted.’

Ranvir replied: ‘You mean me getting almost scammed!’

The Strictly star went on to say that she recently fronted an ITV programme about being scammed, and posted her Instagram message after ‘almost getting caught out’.

She said: ‘I got a phone call from a very nice polite man, saying, “Hi this is from your bank”, and he named the bank.’

Ranvir said the caller wanted to know if she had faced any fraudulent activity, and asked her about recent spending including an UberEats purchase.

GMB star Ranvir Singh was almost a victim of fraud (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

‘I’m constantly getting fraud stops,’ Kate chimed in with, as they highlighted how many procedures are in place to stop people getting scammed.

Ranvir went on: ‘I said, “oh no I haven’t,” and he said, “Ok fine, do you have your card with you and are these the last four digits,” and he named them correctly.’

‘Something in my mind just went, I’m meant to not be talking to this guy,’ she added.

Ranvir decided she should call her bank directly instead, even though the caller said he could do that for her now and had all her personal details to do so.

‘I got cold then,’ she said.

‘I put the phone down and did ring my bank back and as soon as I said, “I’ve had a call from someone,” they said, “it’s a scam,” straight away.’

Thankfully, Ranvir was suspicious before she sent any details to the scammer (Picture: ITV)

Ranvir sent a warning to fans (Picture: Instagram)

She added that, although thankfully she wasn’t scammed, the average amount has been around £3000 for victims of fraud.

Ranvir had previously told her Instagram followers about the incident, sharing some guidance and writing: ‘I know lots of you think this stuff is so obvious – but I’m glad to have shared this with you because plenty of people get stung by these scams – and I find it alarming that I answered the first question so quickly and the second while my mind was zinging with suspicion.

‘I think we’re so used to being polite that our natural honesty kicks in before our inner cynic hopefully takes over…’

Ranvir’s co-star and Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has previously shared a tip for anyone who suspects they’ve received a scam call.

Martin Lewis has previously shared a tip for anyone in a similar situation (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

He advised anyone who owns a bank account to remember the number 159, so if you can’t remember your bank’s phone number to ring them to check, you can just dial 159 and it will put you through.

The financial guru said: ‘If you need call your bank urgently (e.g. it’s just called you, and you’ve hung up as it may be a scam) and can’t remember its number, just call 159 and it’ll put you through.’

He added if you believe you’ve been a victim of a scam call you should use a different line to call the bank or wait for at least an hour, in case the scammers are spoofing a dial tone.

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1.

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