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He was also gifted tickets for two Premier League games worth a combined £3,571 by mobile phone company Three.

One common tactic is to pose as your bank, employer, phone company or other service provider with whom you’ve done business and then try to hook you with a text or email message.

Ofcom said in future phone companies will have to stop calls from abroad which imitate UK landline numbers, a practice known as "spoofing".

It was widely reported at the time that someone had contacted the phone company, posed as Mr. Rose and sought his records.

“I told the phone company, I’ve been trying to shut this phone off for 11 years. It wasn’t until my assistant then told me, ‘It’s actually been 16 years.’