Telephone Scam ??

I only give out Mobile # now, If I don't recognise # I don't answer it & add it to reject listing.

G.

Where you are asked for a telephone number when placing an order, if you do not want to be contacted back, try:-

A single full stop (some systems accept this)

Your 0xxx code followed by 000 000, (most sytems accept this)

Other annoyances, systems that require a mobile number, difficult when you do not use one!

What started all of this, finding that my telephone number was appearing on the address label when goods were delivered.

Havn't had any nuisance calls for months till this week, same stuff,about your accident sir, I tell them I can't remember it & can you give me the details?,after about 6 calls this week I got a bit tired of being bothered so as soon as I hear the foreign voice I just tel 'em to get a proper job & put the phone down.

A boss of mine used to answer the 'phone with " He/She is just down the garden, I'll go and get him/her to the 'phone" He would then lay the 'phone aside.

I've got a truecall. you tell it what to do with unknown numbers, best option being it tells the caller to press a button, then say who they are. Scammers, recorded messages etc always hang up or get rejected for not doing it at that point, genuine but unknown callers do what it says - only then does your phone ring, and asks if you want to accept the call.

Works great, no nuisance calls but people you actually need to talk to get through

You could always insert the phone number of someone you don't like

Years ago, the corresponding problem was junk mail when you gave anyone your address. Radio Shack was particularly bad. If you refused to give them an address they would say that your warranty wouldn't be valid or some similar excuse that (probably) wouldn't legally hold water.

They claimed that they only used the addresses for Radio Shack communications including the annual catalogue (worth getting but RS never ever mailed those - you had to get them from the store). They said they positively did not pass the addresses on to a third party, it was against "company regulations" and anyone who did so would be fired. That was easily disproved by giving a false name and a real address and waiting to see what showed up.

It became such a hassle that in the end I went along with them by giving the address of another Radio Shack store.

BT customer and don't get any nuisance calls, haven't for years, I don't get many emails on my computer or my mobile while my wife can gets dozens a day, perhaps I'm lucky and have been 'blacklisted' by some kind person.