Spam calls from 07953 966066

Choccielover_2 · 22 June 2011 at 5:40PM

Hi, has anyone else experienced spam phone calls like this? The landline rings and when you answer you get a message quoting a mobile number and saying that you have a text message, then it says there is no message. Each time I get a call it quotes a different mobile number but when I dial 1471 every time the number which comes up is 07953 966066. How can I get these calls barred/stopped. They seem to be every saturday morning and early too.

spike7451 · 22 June 2011 at 6:12PM

Have a read here;

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/07953966066

Fruit_and_Nut_Case · 22 June 2011 at 6:14PM

Welcome to MSE.:wave:

Check this thread:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=297529

Heinz · 22 June 2011 at 6:25PM

It's been a nuisance for over 6 years now.:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=3377891#post3377891

Choccielover_2 · 22 June 2011 at 7:20PM

Thanks for the replies. I may be a bit naive but if this number is a known scam/nuisance number why has no-one i.e. t-mobile, b.t. or whoever done anything about having it shut down?

jhp · 22 June 2011 at 8:54PM

Choccielover wrote: »

Thanks for the replies. I may be a bit naive but if this number is a known scam/nuisance number why has no-one i.e. t-mobile, b.t. or whoever done anything about having it shut down?

But its not a scam its T-Mobile text to Voice mail service.

geesey · 30 April 2012 at 11:52AM

These are from Scot Call, a debt collection outfit. As readers say, you are then asked to phone another mobile number.
Maybe they plan to recoup the debt they must have bought by a possible arrangement to share some of the cost of your call with the mobile phone company?

Heinz · 30 April 2012 at 3:38PM

geesey wrote: »

These are from Scot Call, a debt collection outfit. As readers say, you are then asked to phone another mobile number.
Maybe they plan to recoup the debt they must have bought by a possible arrangement to share some of the cost of your call with the mobile phone company?

Please read the other links in this thread.

YOUR message may have been from Scott Call but it was merely a text message sent to your landline and converted to speech so you could receive it.

It is not a hoax or a scam or anything to worry about.

mixie · 9 September 2012 at 6:15PM

Had call from 07953966066 this morning (Sunday)
Did not answer. I think this may have been mentioned already but:
This is text to voice (BT) service. I have never asked for this to be enabled on my line!
My line is a BT one. You can prove this by sending a text to your land line.

If you listen to the message you have sent yourself you will then hear a list of options.
One is to ring 0800 587 5252 to change the options.
It is not clear from the message but if you choose to change the schedule when messages are received there is an further option to turn off the service (think it is option 5)

OldGreyFox · 9 September 2012 at 6:37PM

mixie wrote: »

Had call from 07953966066 this morning (Sunday)
Did not answer. I think this may have been mentioned already

Yes many times including above. Its T-Mobile,s text to voice service. Which comes into play when someone on T-Mobile texts a Landline that does not have a a text enabled landline phone.(Its not exclusive to BT).

By not listening to it you could of course be missing an important text.

mixie · 9 September 2012 at 6:39PM

My mobile is 02, so it works with that network as well, probably all of them!

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