I've had the call but not on that number

Roy

You have to watch out for reverse charges if you answer also , if I don't recognise a number I won't answer it . If it is important they will call back .

I was once stung by a website for premium content just by clicking their site on google , something to do with a video game site then i copped a bill from my IP stating i had signed up for this ! I eventually got my money back and they eventually banned third party subscriptions all together as it was a rort .

Just been reading this and a few seconds later had one of these calls luckily I knew about these well before hand and always just put the phone down

From the net re bt area codes and phone numbers;

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“Firstly, most phone companies allow business users to choose the numbers they present through Caller ID when making an outbound call. It is quite possible for a business to display a UK local number they own, even if the call in question was actually made from the other side of the world. “

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Says it all, really. Scamming is big business in some parts of the world!

There seems to be a new variation on ones claiming to be from an ISP saying your internet access will be terminated in 24 hours. I have had a few recently claiming to be from something like "The UK cyber crime agency" saying your internet access will be terminated in 24 hours. The difference was the recorded voice was with an English accent.

Les.

I've had a few of the same recently; about one a week. The last one put the 'phone down after I introduced myself as the butler, and asked who they were and which company they were from. I also had one of the ISP ones get confused when I said I accessed the internet via a desktop. They clearly didn't know what a desktop was, and/or it wasn't on their list.

Andrew

They seem to getting wise to delaying tactics. For the clowns who claimed to be from Microsoft to help with a slow running computer I started by explaining I wasn't at the computer but in a different building on the estate. Cue a delay. Then when they asked if the computer was running I'd say it was still booting, while reminding them that they'd claimed the computer was running slowly. Then I couldn't find, or the keyboard didn't have, a Windows key. Then whatever they asked you to type in didn't work – it comes easy to me to play the idiot.

They must have some sort of cutoff as most put the 'phone down on 20 minutes. But they now seem to only wait a minute or two. On one call I put the 'phone up against the TV. When I picked it up a few minutes later the clown was still there; obviously his English was so poor he hadn't twigged he was listening to the news on the TV.

Andrew

Edited By Andrew Johnston on 14/12/2018 16:38:55

Last week at work we all got an email saying our email storage was over the limit. They gave a value way over our company limit but of course it was the usual request to log in to the 'admin' link provided. Funny thing was we also had a power outage a few minutes later so some people were thinking there must be a connection with IT turning off everyone's computer to stop them replying.

I have BT "call-minder" (or whatever it's called) on my home phone, which seems to weed out a lot of nuisance calls.

An even better way of weeding out calls is never to answer the phone unless you know who's calling. If the caller really needs to contact you they'll leave a message, email or write a letter. If it's really urgent, they can ring 999.

Operating this policy now for many years I'm glad to say it's never caused me any headaches whilst probably saving me many.

Just say "Cut the cr*p, let's get to the reason for your call. Would you like my bank details now?" It appears to confuse them!

"This is Microsoft calling to tell you you have a virus on your comp….".

"This is a reserved telephone line for her majesty's security forces. Please hold the line while we trace you".

'Click brrrrrrrrr'.

No more spam calls from that number.

The alternative is to just ask them if they think their mothers would be proud of them trying to defraud people of their money like common criminals. I have no sympathy for these bast*rds.

If that doesn't work, there's always Eric Morecambe's response of, "I'm sorry, we don't have a phone".

Some scammers one has to feel sorry for **LINK**

* Danny M *