I work in Cyber Security, so those reading through these comments can trust my judgment somewhat.
The call asks you to state the numbers from your postcode to verify your identity, I did, and they knew my full name and stated an amount due (£250+ in my case). A part of me believes this could be legitimate correspondence from the Edinburgh council, but seems more likely to be part of an elaborate scam targeting specific tenants or individuals living at certain postcodes, particularly recent m
This number appeared in a very dodgy-looking text asking about council tax with a link to 'pay it' that was clearly not the real council link.
A quick Google search showed that this is not Edinburgh Council's number.
Claim to be council tax saying there’s an overdue payment & to pay by the link given over text, Never been text before and wrong monthly amount stated I’m “owe” this number given also