been harrassed by accident claim calls how to stop

Legacy_user

Past couple of weeks I have been bombarded with calls from companies from both the UK and India saying I have been in an accident. Roughly 2-3 per day

I tell them that I had no accident and ask them to remove my number from their system.

The ones from India are obvious with the slight delay. All say international on my display. Though I have a few family and friends that live abroad that ring me regularly have international on my display.

Twice I had calls from India and they ring me back telling me to f off!!

The UK calls say unknown. Same as a few numbers in my phonebook.

I don't reveal my number to most organizations.

Why am I getting these calls?

How do I stop calls which don't reveal their numbers?

visidigi

What phone are you getting them on and what type is it?

The block number feature on Android and iOS has been very useful in getting rid of a large number of calls that were coming in...

System

visidigi wrote: »

What phone are you getting them on and what type is it?

The block number feature on Android and iOS has been very useful in getting rid of a large number of calls that were coming in...

its my landline. All international calls are displayed as international including those friends and family I have on my phonebook.

SunReader

Tell them that last time they called you were so interested that you fell off your chair with excitement and bumped your head - could be a big claim; distress, alarm, loss of future earnings...and of course the obligatory whiplash trauma.

Twice I had calls from India and they ring me back telling me to f off!! That would be the follow up from customer services !

bukko

If you are getting abusive calls, that might be a case for the police.

Do you have a way to record the calls? That might help.

Timalay

Get a CPR call blocker. We have one and it's a god send. We've easily blocked at least 95% of nuisance calls.

Money-Saving-King

bukko wrote: »

If you are getting abusive calls, that might be a case for the police.

Do you have a way to record the calls? That might help.

Cold calling for sales isn't abusive really is it.

torbrex

I just keep those guys on the line talking for as long as I can, ask them about the weather, kids, work etc.
They soon get fed up, especially if you tell them that you work in an insurance call centre and that is the number that they have called :rotfl:

Zandoni

Money-Saving-King wrote: »

Cold calling for sales isn't abusive really is it.

Read the OP's first post again, they have been sworn at.

Colin2511

I have been getting these off and on (as well as the your computer has a virus ones).. I just say I will get someone for them (they usually ask for hubby) and then I leave it on hands free and carry on my business until they hang up.. they don't last longer than a few minutes.. I even had one yesterday ask for Mrs X.. me no they don't live here them Mrs Y? nope,.. can I speak to the homeowner then.. Me " if you don't know who I am then no...