After using three suggested insurance comparison sites now I'm getting spam calls.

coffee_king

So after I used the three main vehicle insurance comparison sites suggested by MSE I'm now receiving spam calls, texts (again).
On each one I VERY CAREFULLY made sure I ticked/unticked the correct boxes to NOT receive calls/sell my details on.

Most annoying.

tripled

Never enter your real phone number on a comparison site

InsideInsurance

How do you think comparison sites work if they dont pass your details on?

By standard practice the top 3-5 have marketing rights to you by contract with the aggregator and their terms. In reality any company with big enough pockets can buy additional access.

Of cause that then relies on the other 100+ companies that your details get set to for quoting purposes simply ignoring your valuable information that is sat in their data warehouse

forgotmyname

Get a cheap throw away sim in an old brick of a phone and use that.

If you have a few spare phones get a sim for each and see which one is worse.

I made an email address for each of the comparison sites. I dont use them except when my insurance is due so not logged in for almost a year. 2 addresses had no emails. or just a reminder saying is your insurance due.
But one of them had hundreds. Not only insurance but lots of crap.

I forget which one spammed me. I may have mentioned it in an old thread.

Lime2014

tripled wrote: »

Never enter your real phone number on a comparison site

Yep.

Just type in a whole lot of '0000000's

(and re. e-mail addresses, again, just make up something like 'dfgdfgfdgdfggf@aol.com')

DigForVictory

Last I did that & got silly calls, I trained a child to filter friend from foe. He can now intone severely "We have opted out - please remove this number from your list" and it works!

Although if he pulls that on an Aunt he is in for a mile of nettles.

rs65

Lime2014 wrote: »

Yep.

Just type in a whole lot of '0000000's

(and re. e-mail addresses, again, just make up something like 'dfgdfgfdgdfggf@aol.com')

Input their own details and let them phone themselves.

[Deleted User]

Best thing to do is ask them who they are calling from so you can submit a complaint to Ofcom and the DPC. Then say you are definitely very interested and would they mind holding on for just a moment... And leave them hanging. Put the phone on mute and see how long they waste their time and money for.

Also consider setting up a premium rate number to give them. That way it costs them to call you, and you get a money to listen to them.

Lime2014

rs65 wrote: »

Input their own details and let them phone themselves.

Lol !!