Nuisance calls

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  1. shed131

    shed131 Well-Known Member

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    If its not your telephone getting cut off tax office, internet banking... They've now moved on to Amazon prime telling you they are deducting money unless you press 1 to speak to a operator to cancel your account... Jesus wept.. Give me strength... wheres the accident lawyers when you need them lol....
     
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    Dozens of em every day
     
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    My poor mum gets loads of them, and I don't know as there's anything I can do about it.

    Two in the space of ten minutes when I was with her the other Saturday. I answered the second one and told the person to fvck off.

    Nobody needs it, but particularly her as her mobility isn't fantastic and it bothers me that she has to keep getting up to answer the phone.

    Edit: the calls threaten to cut her internet/phoneline off.

    Edit: the number they're calling from isn't even real. As far as I know.
     
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    I was called from Glasgow and it flagged up on my Smart Phone as Potential Fraud. It was a chap asking me if I wanted to change energy providers. Daft thing was the household utility bills are in my partners name. I asked him why it had flagged up as Potential Fraud and I wasn't interested and his tone changed. He seemed hacked off and asked me why I wouldn't be interested in cheaper energy bills. I just said I'm not interested mate and hung up.
     
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    Generally when a unknown or un recognised number rings I answer it with a polite tone, have done for years but this last few months I’ve started to get pissed off with them and the volume seems to have dwindled some what!!

    Answer Is tell them to **** off and they may take the hint
     
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    Unless I know the number I don’t answer, my view is, if it’s someone I know or important they will leave a message. To which I can then reply.
     
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    I've unplugged my landline as it was doing my head in, nobody ever contacted me on it anyway and I get unlimited everything on my mobile. Get a few on my mobile every so often so if its a weird number i dont answer, google the number then block it.
     
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    Exacrly the same here, in with virgin media for my broadband so I don't actually need a landline but strangely it's cheaper to take it than not have it. I have a old phone I plug in when I want to call virgin media, otherwise it's just the mobile.
     
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    Not had a landline for 5 years, for some reason it doesn't seem to be as big a problem on a mobile. Tend to ignore unknown/private/international numbers, as others have said if it were important they'd leave a message or send a text.
     
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    Google TPS telephone preference service,takes a minute to register,cuts a lot out.
     
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    You can get phones now that makes the user say their name and press # before it connects the call. It's worth investing it as it helps block a lot of calls.
     
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    There was a noticeable improvement after we registered our landline with the Telephone Preference Service. We still get occasional scam calls, but anything from legitimate companies seems to have died a death. Worth a try if you're having problems. Not sure if it works for mobiles?
     
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    This
    Really cut down nuisance calls for me. Plus I can do call barring.
     
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    Not cut any out for me so must have done something wrong
     
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    TPS is worthwhile but if it is scammers from India etc calling (which tends to be the calls I get/got) they couldn't give a **** about it. No illegitimate business will pay any attention.
     
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    We simply don't answer the landline, ever. If it is someone who actually knows me they will ring my mobile.
     
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    My rule too for unrecognised numbers. A genuine message always gets a considered reply as well. Still usually "**** off", politely.
     
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    Hello, hello, hello.........hello, hello, hello
     
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    Answer machine **** em
     
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    If they are the ones who ring me, they’re trying to pretend they’re from by/sky/Microsoft and want me just to type a few things on my laptop....

    Threaten them with a curse, or say that they can’t have a religion if they are doing such a thing to innocent people.... genuinely scares the crap out of them. Guy apologised to me the other day...
     
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