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?
"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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  • barbiedoll
    barbiedoll Posts: 5,326 Forumite
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    edited 21 May 2018 at 3:45PM
    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"
  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,239 Forumite
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    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 Adair
  • spadoosh
    spadoosh Posts: 8,732 Forumite
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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.
  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,239 Forumite
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    I get a Noddle report every month. Who are the other two?
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  • kuratowski
    kuratowski Posts: 1,409 Forumite
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  • [Deleted User]
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    Probably just tracing somebody with the same or similar name - ignore unless they call back again
  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 8,809 Forumite
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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
  • pimento
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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 Adair
  • shortcrust
    shortcrust Posts: 2,697 Forumite
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    pimento wrote: »
    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-hp
  • [Deleted User]
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    Wait until Friday and you can request it for free :)
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