keep getting strange phone calls 00000000?

moosetastic

Hi everyone, hope someone can help. Today we've received 2 phone calls, when we answer its dead air and then it hangs up. When we ring 1471 it says the number is 0000000000000? My mum who lives in the next village along has been having the same problem. Anyone experienced this before and know what it is? Also does anyone know how to stop it??

Many thanks in advance

sally0101

it sounds very strange indeed. i would be tempted to report it to the police to be honest

Heinz

Don't waste your time (or theirs) reporting this to the police, they won't be interested (what's the offence?).

Almost certainly it's a cold-calling auto-dialler programmed to send a bogus CLI so as to get past any 'anonymous call reject' programming.

cozza

I keep getting this number calling me when i pick phone up they just put phone down . I am ex directory and registered with TPS but I still get them gggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

paulofessex

Heinz wrote: »

Don't waste your time (or theirs) reporting this to the police, they won't be interested (what's the offence?).

Almost certainly it's a cold-calling auto-dialler programmed to send a bogus CLI so as to get past any 'anonymous call reject' programming.

That is no doubt the answer. I use Skype as my landline and l can choose whatever number l like to show as my CLI

Jemma-T

Stop answering the phone to strangers and get an answering machine.