phone cold callers want me to prove who I am

essex1990

savemoney wrote: »

TPS only stops some calls ex companies seem to think its okay to continue relationship after you leave, it just isnt worth the agrovation telling them to taking a running jump been there done that too many times

I got hardware device called truecall best hardware investment I got for years. Wish they did one for doors

Truecall filters calls you can block callers you can record calls with added SD card and also logs calls incoming/outgoing. You can add white list to add mates/family so they dont get integrated by the device

I haven't had one single cold call since March 2010

It costs £80+ well worth it in my eyes

I love their reaction when i tell them i can take them to the High Court ... lol. They normally can't put the phone down quick enough

grayme-m

Virgin once called me and it was a nice chap who asked me to prove I was me; I responded politely asking him to first prove he was from Virgin.

He laughed and said that whilst that was the first time anyone had said that to him, he fully understood why I would, he thought for a moment and the gave me some info that was enough for me to be happy he was (I think I may have asked him some security questions). :rotfl:

hcb42

I refuse to give my details. if they are genuine they can write me a letter.

savemoney

Well I prefer not to answer phone full stop which equally applies to door for cold callers not interested 100% few really get it, they think you got nowt better to do

essex1990 wrote: »

I love their reaction when i tell them i can take them to the High Court ... lol. They normally can't put the phone down quick enough

EycplUK

My Missus has the best answer for these idiots , goes something like this ...........
Caller, asks for her detaila, postcode whatever ...............
Missus , (out of breath) Sorry , i`m in bed with the milkman , can you call back ? ( huskily ) oh darling , do that again !!
amazing how quick the phone goes dead !! lol

Tangible

My answerphone handles 'timewasters' nicely.

My elderly mother receives multiple calls daily and I insist that she uses one. If everyone did the same these people would give up.

Anyone significant has my mobile number.

fluffnutter

Sign up with TPS, tell everyone who cold calls you to remove you from their list, get a caller ID unit, be very careful about providing your number to anyone, and never ever engage in conversation. Most of it stops eventually.

Sooler

jull wrote: »

I asked him why and he said it was so he could confirm I was who I said I was.

The ruse is obviously they are trying to solicit information from you which they don't have.

They do not want your date of birth and address to comfirm it with info they have.

They want your date of birth and address because they do not have it.

Give them any old fake date of birth and address and see if they accept it and continue, or if they actually decline to continue.

loracan1

Sooler wrote: »

Give them any old fake date of birth

Or give them today's date and then get stroppy because they haven't wished you happy birthday.

RobertoMoir

I quite like the Barclay's way of confirming ID on "cold calls" to check and confirm debit card purchases...

They read out 3 possible DOBs and you select which one is correct.

I know its not entirely bulletproof but its the best I've seen.