"UK Energy Surveys" "Uk Surveys" "We Offer You"

powerful_Rogue

Hi,

At least once a week, normally twice a week I receive a call and the first question they ask is "We just want to confirm who your gas supply is with"

When they first started calling they were called "UK Surveys", then they changed their name to "UK Energy Surveys" and today it seems they are called "We Offer You"

At first I went through the stages of being asked to be removed from their database and they always agreed, but the calls continued.

Then I moved onto the stage of "If there going to waste my time, im going to waste theirs" One bloke I managed to keep on the phone for 15 minutes, but recently they seem to just hang up on me now!

I did ask one chap for their head office telephone number, which he said was based in London. He gave me a number similar to 05236841267 - which I dialed whilst on the phone to him. As soon as I advised him he had given me a fake number he hung up.

Does anyone else receive calls from them? The numbers withheld and im a member of TPS. Spoke to Virgin Media who my line is with and all they can offer is the rejection of withheld numbers, at £2.50 a month.

This is the only nuisance call I get, so would rather just tackle the problem.

powerful_Rogue

I guess no-one else is receiving these calls!

maninthestreet

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

I guess no-one else is receiving these calls!

Seems so - does 1471 reveal the number they are calling from?

powerful_Rogue

maninthestreet wrote: »

Seems so - does 1471 reveal the number they are calling from?

Nope, Number is withheld each time.

powerful_Rogue

Bulls eye! For the first time they left a telephone number behind today when I done 1471!

01234 578944 - Googgled the number and found other people having the same problem! Number does not work if dialled back, however its provided by a company called InTechnology PLC. Gave them a call and they are going to investigate.

powerful_Rogue

I received a call back from Wendy who spoke with her technical department at InTechnology. They are aware of the problem, they state one of their numbers has been stolen and calls from "Uk Surverys" of whatever they are calling themselves are routing calls from abroad through that number. Ofcom and the police are involved, however at present there is nothing further they can do, which she said is frustrating as they dont want their company associated with these people.

She said it would be a case of having to put up with it for the time being until the external agencies have dealt with the problem.

DRO31

I have received calls also... and the number is 01234 578944. Seems like they want to keep you on the phone and are fishing for information. I gave them a load of rubbish information, name, age, want to be a space tourist etc and they seemed quite happy with that so it may be a phone scam.... Advice is, if they call, or anyone similar, just hang up......

jhe

you could always register with the telephone preference agency to stop unsolicited calls. i also have witheld numbers barred from my phone to try and stop the never ending sales calls i used to recieve. unfortunatley it doesnt stop the annoying overseas call centres from ringing, mainly trying to flog mobile phone contracts!

Penny-less_2

We are registered with TPS and were getting fed up of receiving calls off these people. We called TPS to complain but they told us because they call themselves a survey site the TPS rules didn't apply. After telling UK Surveys several times to stop ringing us they have finally stopped calling.

xHx_2

Sorry Penny Less (aka mommy!) but they called again today :-(

I had quite a row with them over the phone. Apparently they cannot stop calling us as it is against their terms and conditions. After speaking to a supervisor who preached from the same hymn book, i was rudely hung up on!

Grr!
xx

tadeudz

Hi All, new here. Just registered to this forum because I wanted to confirm that Powerful_Rogue is not the only one getting these calls. I just had a call tonight and when I asked the name of the company they told me a new one "We Offer You". They called yesterday and they were called "UK surveys" and when I asked for the Head Office address to write and complain, he refused to give it to me and hung up!
I might have to give in and pay the £2.50 (again we're TPS registered and the line is Virgin Media) to get the calls stopped. It's so infuriating. My partner works nights and every day he gets woken by these calls.
:mad:

If they are being investigated by the police I might tell them I am recording the call the next time they ring!! That might put them off! Never know right?