Keep getting calls from 0012 number.

Nearly every day this week the phone rings around 5p.m.and when I answer no one replies.When I check callback..the number checks as 0012 7632 ###,is this a rip off number does anyone know?as I dont know numbers starting 00

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  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    It is a robot, it calls at random times and hope some mug answers, then it hangs up, the times it is answered is collated and the info is then sold to a call centre, so they know you are in at that time and also will answer repeated pest calls at that time.
    get ready for a load of sales calls at the times you pick up the phone.
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  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    Just another point, the disconnected tone you hear is actually a recording and so is the phone left of hook alarm, these are international calls and they get the first 30 seconds for free, so if you are not expecting any other calls, I find an hour or two off the hook whilst they pay usually teaches them a quick lesson in bot crawling you
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  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
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    Why did you conceal the last 5 digits of the calling number OP? There must be many on here who get inclusive USA calls who'd like to return the favor (sic).
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
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