02071830136- Scam phone number

If you receive a phone call from 02071830136 do not answer it . A company called Thornton and Baines reported Estate management and Financial services. They are very pushy and try and sell you services. Once you have answered one call they keep phoning back. Virgin Media does not have a free facility to block unwanted calls on your land line phone. I do not know about BT or others. This phone number is a Scam .Plenty of comments on various sites on google about this phone number and their unsolicited calls.

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  • molerat
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    Just tell them to !!!! off then, they will likely give up if you do that each time ;)
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,591 Forumite
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    My latest tactic is continuously talking when they are talking and telling them to stop interrupting me as it's rude.

    Then they tend to put the phone down on me.

    I have too much time on my hands :)
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  • Silvertabby
    Silvertabby Posts: 9,953 Forumite
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    I tell them that I'm really busy at the moment, but to ring me back on my personal number after X o'clock - then give them another scam number (plenty of scam number warnings on the internet).

    With the option of reverting to Plan B (molerat's post no 2) if they ring back.
  • BH246
    BH246 Posts: 68 Forumite
    I received a phone call from this number. It was a nuisance and took me a few minutes to conclude it was a scam before telling them in no concert terms to get lost. This did not stop them phoning me 6 times over a month before they gave up. Any information regarding scam phone numbers is useful. The big concern about these type of companies is for the vulnerable and elderly.
  • knightstyle
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    Report a call or text
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  • Just don't answer them in the first place!
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  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,854 Forumite
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    Just don't answer them in the first place!

    But i cannot resist telling them what a wonderful day i have had and bore them so much they hang up on me. Whilst they are talking to me it maybe saving another person from getting a call.
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  • Talking only when they talk, you don't even need real words, then being silent whenever they're not talking tends to get rid of them although it can be fun to see how long you can keep them on the phone.
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