RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 Hi all BEWARE. I have just had a spam call from 01713878672 which identifies as a UK number but my call logger on the phone shows it as an International. It stated off as a recorded message "This is a call from your internet provider*. We have not been able to contact you.........." as soon as it got to that I put the phone down as it is total rubbish and obviously phishing. * No name, my provider would always identify itself and they e-mail me! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 30 minutes ago, melmerby said: Hi all BEWARE. I have just had a spam call from 01713878672 which identifies as a UK number but my call logger on the phone shows it as an International. It stated off as a recorded message "This is a call from your internet provider*. We have not been able to contact you.........." as soon as it got to that I put the phone down as it is total rubbish and obviously phishing. * No name, my provider would always identify itself and they e-mail me! We had five of those last week. They seem to come in batches. About two months since the previous lot. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 35 minutes ago, melmerby said: Hi all BEWARE. I have just had a spam call from 01713878672 which identifies as a UK number but my call logger on the phone shows it as an International. It stated off as a recorded message "This is a call from your internet provider*. We have not been able to contact you.........." as soon as it got to that I put the phone down as it is total rubbish and obviously phishing. * No name, my provider would always identify itself and they e-mail me! They never get that far with me. If I am about and do not recognize the number I let it go to the answer machine. There has been a run of them recently. Any one else get the "press number 1" nonsense? Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 I've also had a lot of 0333 numbers which must be autodialled as they stop before the answerphone kicks in. These days the spammers have moved overseas as the TPS can't stop them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Its either a Windows problem-I don't use Windows or my BT internet is up the creek-I don't use BT. Depends on my mood as to how nice I am to them LOL. TPS can do little about most of them because they are from overseas even if the number looks UK they can clone them apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 I've had three calls today, supposedly from Amazon about automatically taking a direct debit payment for my prime account for this year (which I don't have). To change or discuss, press button 1...... Yeah, right.... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Before I got rid on my landline (only last month) I used a CPR Call Blocker that only allowed numbers that I had whitelisted to get through. Not on the list (which was short) - no ring. Even my mobile only rings on callers on my contact list. I can still get text alerts from my bank, doctors etc. I doesn't bother me that I may have lost out on PPI, accident claims or help fixing my pc problems. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir TophamHatt Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I wonder if this will soon be a thing - only answering telephone calls from known callers. I rarely answer anything but, maybe one every 3 months? Sometimes even less than that. It's like I rarely open the front door unless I'm expecting something. Feel like putting out a notice saying "If you're not the post person or a courier, go away!". But then pretty much all couriers use my not-so-secret place to put parcels anyway. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 30, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2019 Had an automated call from 'HMRC' the other day, advising me I was under investigation and if I didn't press '1' I would soon be arrested. I didn't press '1' and am currently hiding in plain sight, surprisingly not actually expecting the rozzers to turn up. 7 3 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-Pete Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 On 29/10/2019 at 16:00, polybear said: I've had three calls today, supposedly from Amazon about automatically taking a direct debit payment for my prime account for this year (which I don't have). To change or discuss, press button 1...... Yeah, right.... We are getting a spate of these "Amazon" calls at the moment too, also sometimes up to 2 or 3 a day, silence for a few days, then a whole lot more. Really annoying as I am applying for jobs and expecting calls back from recruiters, so it gets my hopes up every time it rings. Grrr. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2019 Had a similar one yesterday from 'BT' about my router. "Press 1 to..." Click. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 5, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2019 Since I made my original post I haven't had any more. Hmm. Maybe it's someone on here and they realise they've been rumbled............. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, melmerby said: Since I made my original post I haven't had any more. Hmm. Maybe it's someone on here and they realise they've been rumbled............. I think they are all trying to call me. Well, about half the population of Mumbai seems to be. Bernard 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-Pete Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, Bernard Lamb said: I think they are all trying to call me. Well, about half the population of Mumbai seems to be. Bernard (You'll have to imagine the accent:) "Hello. Am I talking to Mister Peter?" I like winding them up: "I would love to talk to you, but only if you tell me what it is you are trying to sell me." "I am not trying to sell you anything." "Last chance. What are you trying to sell me?" "I am not trying to sell you anything." Click. Brrrr. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2019 7 minutes ago, TT-Pete said: (You'll have to imagine the accent:) "Hello. Am I talking to Mister Peter?" I like winding them up: "I would love to talk to you, but only if you tell me what it is you are trying to sell me." "I am not trying to sell you anything." "Last chance. What are you trying to sell me?" "I am not trying to sell you anything." Click. Brrrr. Probably true. The trick is to get you to 'do a survey', then with the information thus gleaned, they will then pester you with targeted sales calls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted November 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2019 Most of the ones I have had recently have been automated - which is no fun as you can't wind them up... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, Nick C said: Most of the ones I have had recently have been automated - which is no fun as you can't wind them up... Lenny has been reprogrammed to dial 1 for the automated service, which then goes to the call centre. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 30851 Posted November 6, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2019 The one bit of good news here in the US is that they are changing the laws to allow the phone companies to stop these calls. At the moment even though the phone company can easily see these are spam calls they are not allowed to stop them. It would be nice to believe that this change is being done because these calls are, at the least, annoying but I believe it is due to another reason. From what I have read about a 1/3 of all calls in the US are now spam calls and the phone system is having difficulty coping - and as the phone companies don't get any money for these calls they want then stopped. But whatever the reason I will be glad when they are gone. Just have to be concerned about what is the next way we will get spammed! Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted November 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2019 Our phone goes to the answering machine after 2 rings. If we are in the front room, we don't hear the rings but may hear my voice and check the extension there. If there is no useful information on the ID we ignore it. If they don't leave a message we ignore it. Last week I had a lot of eMails telling me my mailbox was full and I should ... Most of them went directly to my Spam folder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I have had those calls claiming that I will lose my landline if I don't change over to our NBN - so be a devil, I did press 1 & got some firm supposedly represent Telstra here in Aust & politely told them that a. I have not been with Telstra for many months & b. If your records were upto date, you would know that I changed over to NBN 2 years ago. click from their end - I wonder why ? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Sol said: I have had those calls claiming that I will lose my landline if I don't change over to our NBN - so be a devil, I did press 1 & got some firm supposedly represent Telstra here in Aust & politely told them that a. I have not been with Telstra for many months & b. If your records were upto date, you would know that I changed over to NBN 2 years ago. click from their end - I wonder why ? Just had a friend tell me that at a shopping centre kiosk, there was an NBN stand. The girl he spoke to was called Nicole (the name used by the NBN spammers). He says that she uses her name as a conversation starter. If you can't beat them, join them! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted June 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2021 I have had five calls so far today claiming to be from virgin media all UK numbers all giving an English name but with a very strong Indian accent reading very badly from a scrip telling me my internet will be cut off as my direct debit has not gone through also they could not tell me who the account holder was due to security reasons I kept them on the line for as long as i could but in the end they hung up on me when they realised that i was stringing them along John 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2021 this is getting beyond a joke now had seven in the end yesterday and four already today one even phoned me back after I hung up John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I had ten in one day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Call Blocker phone on landline - problem there solved Mobiles are, I agree, not quite so easy to prevent nuisance calls, but forwarding the number by text to 7726 should be done - before blocking the number on your phone... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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