Upgrade Scam Warning

2ax

Any number of phone dealers make these calls, on a speculative basis - they have no contract details, as mentioned earlier in the thread.

I discussed this with someone at Orange CS recently, and she said even Orange staff personally get these junk phone calls from people pretending to know something.

smcicr

http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/tps/

get yourselves on the list(s) and off the marketing databases. it's not 100% perfect but it does work.

macgyver

Even I got 2 calls from this number offering me an upgrade (my contract with 3 finishes in Dec) from the number 015170***** but when I told them about the deals which I can get from the retailers... they couldnt say anything but it really is annoying...
On googling I got this

www.touchliverpool.com/business/list/bid/3747562

G0rF_2

I just got hit 3 times in 3 minutes by this number.

Googled it, brought me here.

Every time, a single ring, obviously hoping I'd call back.

I grabbed it on their third try, and a nice English chap told me he was from "Clear Comms communications" and that my (non-contract) phone contract was expiring in 8 weeks.

I politely informed him that this kind of scam would not be well received by myself, and asked him to cease calling me - ok, I may not have been quite polite...

Any way, not unusual for a call-centre of this type to be running for 1/2 a dozen shell-companies at once, each company only being open for a few months and skimming the percentages off the call-back charges and then vanishing.

Either way, don't waste your money calling them back, they aren't going to do you any good.

Hope this helps,

G0rF.

EDIT: I'm going to include their full phone number, sod 'em, they invaded my privacy, why am I protecting theirs?

015170*****

My phone is currently autodialling this number on a loop, pinging for a single ring, 6 times a minute, see how they like it.

Have a nice day everyone (except phone scammers).

manhattan

lol revenge. i like it!

lindysman

Co incidentally, I joined MSE last night, I don't recollect entering my phone number but received a call from 016160***** a few minutes ago. Hmmm........

SenorGroucho

Being a polite person I have trouble being nasty when I receive this type of cold call but I found if you tell them its a PAYG number they lose interest imediately.

joelpub

arm1970 wrote:

Same thing happened to me.

The thing is I had only just got my new brand 6230i connected 10 minutes earlier. I had it delivered from CPW by courier and had phoned them to connect it, and was just about to plug it in to charge it when it rang. I assumed it was a courtesy call from CPW or something like that so I answered it.

I ended up with this welsh bird (sorry to our celtic cousins, I'm a Scot) who knew nothing about nothing and was obviously filling in for the water cooler when it came to the brains of the business.

She must be the one working through the "lists" and was caught out by somebody aswering the call. She fumbled her way through the "your contract is up for renewal" script at which point I remembered where I had heard the name Landmark Communications, good old MSE. I asked her how she got this number and she told me didn't know and would I like a new phone. Told her politely to go away and not bother me again. If I hear from them again I'd report them to OFCOM, OFTEL, OFF MY HEAD :-) and at that point she was gone.

I know that these cold calls are fairly random but what's the chance of them phoning a number a few minutes after it was connected by CPW.

mobile numbers are recycled every couple of years the number you classified as (NEW) may have been used previously by someone else.

Edinburghlass_2

lindysman wrote:

Co incidentally, I joined MSE last night, I don't recollect entering my phone number but received a call from 016160***** a few minutes ago. Hmmm........

I'm not quite sure what you are implying here but no, you don't enter any phone numbers when joining MSE.