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Missed call on my work number
pimento
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I had a missed call from a number I didn't recognise this morning. Google tells me it was from a company called Sterling Oak Ltd in Orpington. A further Google tells me they're debt collectors.
I don't have any debts.
Of course, they never left a message but I'm a bit surprised that anyone has my work number as I rarely use it and I never give it out to anybody, neither is it available online in a directory.
If they call back, is there any reason why I should/shouldn't speak to them?
I don't have any debts.
Of course, they never left a message but I'm a bit surprised that anyone has my work number as I rarely use it and I never give it out to anybody, neither is it available online in a directory.
If they call back, is there any reason why I should/shouldn't speak to them?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair
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I wouldn!!!8217;t bother calling them back, they may have just misdialled your number in any case.
Of course, if you DO call them back, it !!!8220;validates!!!8221; your number and you!!!8217;ll possibly have to endure loads of calls from them, while they try to get you to admit to a debt which isn!!!8217;t yours.
If you!!!8217;re sure that it doesn!!!8217;t relate to you, block the number and forget about it!
*Sorry...have just reread your post. Block them so you don!!!8217;t have to worry about them calling back. Why waste your time, convincing them that you aren!!!8217;t the person that they!!!8217;re looking for?"I may be many things but not being indiscreet isn't one of them"0 -
Thanks Barbiedoll. My work phone is a landline so I can't block the number, unfortunately."If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0
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I wouldnt be blocking them immediately. It could easily have arisen from fraudulent activity.
Id be checking my credit reports to see if anythings a miss first.0 -
I get a Noddle report every month. Who are the other two?"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0
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Clearscore (Equifax data) and MSE Credit Club (Experian data)0
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Probably just tracing somebody with the same or similar name - ignore unless they call back again0
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We used to get the odd one direct through to my office on the geographic number (we only ever gave out the usual 0845 type numbers, I didn't even know what the land line number was). Suspect they were mis-dials or that someone had used the wrong number but they were always after someone by name for these purposes and I always just told them they had come through to a business and they went away
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People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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Well I just tried to get my £2 report from Equifax and ended up speaking to a foreign person who I could barely understand who told me I had to send a scanned copy of my passport, my marriage certificate and a utility bill to some web site where I had to create another account.
Don't think I'll be bothering with that.
What happened to filling out a form and posting it in?"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0 -
Well I just tried to get my £2 report from Equifax and ended up speaking to a foreign person who I could barely understand who told me I had to send a scanned copy of my passport, my marriage certificate and a utility bill to some web site where I had to create another account.
Don't think I'll be bothering with that.
What happened to filling out a form and posting it in?
Click on the 'Order by Post' tab on this page. You'll find similar on each of the CRA sites.
http://www.experian.co.uk/consumer/statutory-report.html#section-three-hp0 -
Wait until Friday and you can request it for free
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