Debt Agencies, International numbers???

keith_lard

Does anyone know if Debt Agencies / banks use international numbers to contact you?

I have had some missed calls and no messages left on my phone!

Just wonder if any of you have picked up the phone of an international number only to find some agency/bank is chasing a debt?

Thank you.


k.

System

They could do. But generally their number is witheld on the caller display system so you cant identify them. Never had anyone from abroad phoning me.

Lenny

keith_lard

Cheers!
I have certain blocks on my phone, international are the only ones that can get through!

Must be my good friends at MBNA

Might answer the next one!

Iwantmorecash

i hav had loads of them latley....

they come up international on 1 of my phones and withheld on the other...

I thought mbna came up with an 0800 number
and golfish rang me today on an 01286 number

so if any one knows i would like to know to

keith_lard

yeah international 'out of range' it says on my phone (with caller ID)

K.

southernscouser

Well alot of companies have their call centres abroad like India and so forth so I suppose it is possible!

Anastacia

keith_lard wrote:

Does anyone know if Debt Agencies / banks use international numbers to contact you?

I have had some missed calls and no messages left on my phone!

Just wonder if any of you have picked up the phone of an international number only to find some agency/bank is chasing a debt?

Thank you.


k.

Egg phone from Iireland when they are trying to sell you something, start 0035
I thought it was someone scaming me until they called back

Anastacia

isgman

MBNA seem to calls fron India, I also get Postcards form them telling me that "someone" is calling, these are posted in Ireland..

Iwantmorecash

i answered a call today from an internatial number...
and it was


can you quess

MBNA

And they told me i was 5 quid in areeas and my min payment was 60 quid but if i made a payment of £4 it would look good in my favour. (for my dmp to be accepted by them)

then the indian guy called john smith ???????? told me he couln't belive that i had no money in my bank to pay them ...

after 25 mins of him calling mr matthews (matthew is my first name) and telling me i should pay them the £4 i told him the call was going nowere and i was terminating it and could they not call me again.....
he said "the calls will continue untill your dmp is accepted"

amosworks

It's funny how all these offshore call centres employ John, Dave, Bob, Sharon, Tracey and 'shell. Have you even tried phoning them back and asking for Dave? Nobodies ever heard of him :rolleyes:

The moral of the story is never trust a man called Dave, especially if he's not local.

THE_LONE_RANGER_4

what i used to do was if they left a message on answear phone i never returned the call , they can pay for it. and for the cards in the post call this number straight in the bin