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Old 27-11-2012, 13:28   #241
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Re: Nuisance telephone calls.

We get 1108 calling all the time, when you ring 1471 all it says is that you were called etc. by 1108 strange, I just put the phone does every time.
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Old 05-10-2013, 12:45   #242
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Re: Nuisance telephone calls.

wind me up no end
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Old 05-10-2013, 15:55   #243
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Re: Nuisance telephone calls.

Its pretty simple, if n incoming call aint got a proper code number @ a incoming mobile aint got a name, it don't get answered in our house.
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Old 05-10-2013, 16:42   #244
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Re: Nuisance telephone calls.

I don't answer those where the number is unavailable or witheld...and if one of these jokers does by chance catch me out I do not say a word.......I wait for whoever it is to speak first and then I leave them saying 'Hello, hello, hello'...then click, they hang up.
No-one has ever persisted beyond three 'hellos'.
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Old 05-10-2013, 16:53   #245
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there is also a website called WHO CALLS ME where you enter the nuisance number if you have one and read cases of other people if enough people complain they take it up. We went through a phase of these calls if the company is offshore no action can be taken against these nuisances
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Old 06-10-2013, 08:25   #246
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there is also a website called WHO CALLS ME where you enter the nuisance number if you have one and read cases of other people if enough people complain they take it up. We went through a phase of these calls if the company is offshore no action can be taken against these nuisances
There are a lot of those sites - a spam number might have been entered into other ones than whocallsme. It's easier just to google the number and see if the page summaries from all the sites give any indication of the call's origin.
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Old 06-10-2013, 10:52   #247
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Re: Nuisance telephone calls.

Only time we could have problems is if the call says "International" we gotta answer it. very odd times it has been a spammer,
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Old 12-10-2013, 12:38   #248
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I've just been reading a story on the BBC's website which confirms that the Telephone Preference Service is toothless. I don't think they have ever brought a single prosecution against those companies who ignore the TPS.

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Old 12-10-2013, 13:42   #249
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I've just been reading a story on the BBC's website which confirms that the Telephone Preference Service is toothless. I don't think they have ever brought a single prosecution against those companies who ignore the TPS.
Its a waste of time Michael, they never could stop calls from outside Britain anyway, in fact I'm disappointed if I don't get a call every day, I work on weird and wonderful ways to take the pee out of um, only this morning a guy rang and ask to speak to the person who paid the account for the satellite insurance, I just said NO, he had no reply and hung up
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Old 12-10-2013, 14:16   #250
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Its a waste of time Michael, they never could stop calls from outside Britain anyway, in fact I'm disappointed if I don't get a call every day, I work on weird and wonderful ways to take the pee out of um, only this morning a guy rang and ask to speak to the person who paid the account for the satellite insurance, I just said NO, he had no reply and hung up
Your a lucky sod, I hardly ever get any calls like that, the last funny caller rang me some weeks ago, sounded like India, I just said speak a bit slower and in Enlish, they finished up nearly spelling the words, till I just said, still can't understand you and hung up.
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Old 11-03-2014, 13:15   #251
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Re: Nuisance telephone calls.

A few days ago I got a marketing call -"about the minor road accident you had...."
I said P...off and slammed the phone down.

I thought I had better check with the Telephone Preference Service that my number was still registered.
When googling I happened to land here first
Telephone Preference Service | Stop Cold Callers Flouting TPS » OptOut

I made the mistake of entering my number there and have had two 'call back' calls - both which roused me from daytime naps and both which I failed to reach the phone on time. (still a long walk - see other thread)

I did a 1471 to find the number and then realised that it was this very site that I had looked at when I was investigating stopping nuisance calls.

I have sent them a mail requesting they stop calling
- that's ironic, don't you think?
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Old 11-03-2014, 20:28   #252
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A few days ago I got a marketing call -"about the minor road accident you had...."
I said P...off and slammed the phone down.

I thought I had better check with the Telephone Preference Service that my number was still registered.
When googling I happened to land here first
Telephone Preference Service | Stop Cold Callers Flouting TPS » OptOut

I made the mistake of entering my number there and have had two 'call back' calls - both which roused me from daytime naps and both which I failed to reach the phone on time. (still a long walk - see other thread)

I did a 1471 to find the number and then realised that it was this very site that I had looked at when I was investigating stopping nuisance calls.

I have sent them a mail requesting they stop calling
- that's ironic, don't you think?
I got the same call enquiring about the accident I had in my car. I told them to go forth and multiply.
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Old 13-03-2014, 17:24   #253
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Incredible!!! - this company who allegedly exist to prevent nuisance phone calls have continued to make them to me

I have been roused from sleep every day for the past 5 days and the call ended before I reached the phone.

I have sent them yet another email, more strongly worded this time. I did not request 'call back' when I entered my number on their site.

If they don't stop I will report them to the (real) Telephone Preference Service
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Old 13-03-2014, 18:35   #254
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Nuisance telephone calls.

Unfortunately we can all fall victim of these leeches, even on seemingly innocent sites on the web, we rush through the agreement only to discover that a variety of messages wanting us to back up our computers, allow someone to monitor our googlies appear and it's hard to remove them.
Ask on google about methods to remove, there is always some prat that says, stop looking at porn.

Yeah right, as if I could stop looking at porn!
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Old 14-03-2014, 00:00   #255
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I had a cold caller tonight ... thinking about it I was wondering whether mobertal had managed to find my landline number from somewhere ... why ... because the cold caller was proud to tell me that she was ringing from san Lorenzo in Italy and she was representing a company that was now coming to England .... when I gave her the benefit of the doubt ...and said in this country we have something called the telephone preference service which if you don't want cold callers you register with and this phone number is registered with them ... she said well why didn't you tell me when you answered the phone ... well maybe if she gave me the chance to then I would have done ... and she hung up then ....
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