Nuisance Spammer

murford

I read an article on 14th Oct purporting to be an AI investment recommended by Martin. I almost signed up until I checked it out and found it was spam. Invest £200 to start with was the deal. Because I showed an interest I am being bombarded by phone calls from Mira who said she was with a firm called Aurelgate and she wants me to sign up. I have blocked all her calls but she rings from a different phone every day sometimes 3 times a day. I have told her to stop calling but I ignore her the rest of the time. Any advice on how to stop this other than change my phone number ?

Brie

Is it a real live person ringing? I get a lot of spam calls but most these days seem to be automated. My phone manages to mark most as spam but then I'll get several that slip through that net. I just keep blocking. Same for random emails about investing, "invigorating" products, Eastern European beauties and prizes from American stores where I've never shopped.

Not sure this is the right place for your query - I'll look at moving it to the techie board as someone there might have a better answer for you.

flaneurs_lobster

Your problem was putting your phone number into such an obvious scam site.

What phone do you have, does it have any spam protection to activate?

Could try a spam blocking app, Truecaller is a well-known one, it's full facilities are paid-for but there's a free trial.

molerat

A short sharp expletive used to make me feel better !

Slinky

On iphone there's an option you can activate for call screening.

SiliconChip

If it's really a representative of Aurel Gate then they appear to be an established Wealth Management company based in Chicago, and while they may well not be subject to any UK regulation they might be responsive to a complaint.

https://aurelgate.com/contact

However, it's pretty likely that the spammer is just using the name and is nothing to do with the real Aurel Gate so other methods of blocking calls may be necessary.

murford

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82196198#Comment_82196198

I have a Samsung phone

Vitor

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82196426#Comment_82196426

Smart Call | Apps | Samsung UK

PHK

By engaging with them you've put yourself on a list of people likely to fall for a scam.

I won't use the language they use to describe this list because it's derogatory and reflects their opinion of someone who, in their opinion, would fall for a scam.

Your best bet is not to answer calls from numbers you don't recognise. Utilise the call screening and blocking functions of your phone. Both Android and iOS have these.

In other words set your phone to block unknown numbers and turn on call screening (your phone asks who is calling and the caller leaves a message which you read on screen before deciding to answer)

Eventually they will get fed up of calling. But if they don't you may need to change your number.