international calls

stanehyve

We are being pestered with these overseas call centres, I was wondering if anyone knows how to stop them as we get about a dozen calls every day, they come up in the caller display as International.

Regards Stanehyve

clark1982

if your a BT customer you can register for the BT Privacy service see https://www.bt.com/btprivacy This includes free caller display and registration to the TPS (telephone prefrence scheme). By registring for TPS it will stop UK registered companies from cold calling. If your not a BT customer you can still register for TPS at https://www.tpsonline.org.uk

clark1982

If you have been troubled by calls where the phone rings but on answering there is no one there, you may wish to register your number on the Silent Callgard Service on 0870 4443969.

These calls are generated by automatic dialling equipment which dial more numbers than there are operators available to take the calls.

clark1982

if is a mojor problem then have a look at http://www.optoutuk.co.uk/complaints.asp?screen_id=intro

Quasar

I used to get one or two such calls per day, international or otherwise. In the end I signed up with TPS and now I haven't had a call for about three weeks.

It used to be impossible to stop the overseas calls, but I think that companies now realise they are not doing themselves any favours by pestering TPS people so they are probably obeying this restriction from all their call centres. And about time too!

ariba10

We signed up to TPS, it stopped all the unwanted calls from this country but not the international ones.

As we have caller display we let the international ones go on to the answer phone, They will ring two or three times a day for a few days and then nothing for a week or two.

clark1982

bearing in mind that most of the companies calling from overseas are UK registered so they also have to obide by the TPS rules

stanehyve

Thanks everyone for your help,we have been signed up with TPS for more than a year and it has stopped the UK calls but not the International calls.

Stanehyve