Breaking Through, Travelling On
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Not at all, this is a known problem. The banks got caught a few years ago. It's one of the reasons why they started advertising "now with UK call centre!"
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/call-centres-selling-private-data-of-uk-customers/article3009811.ece
Thanks so much for The Hindu link, Z:T. What an eye-opener:eek:
It's reasonably easy to ignore the calls when they are actually from India as the caller shows as International on the caller display. I have relatives abroad who I worry about and don't want to ignore them if they are trying to contact me so I answer International calls but hang up without speaking if the caller isn't anyone I know.
A lot of these 'BT' calls are coming from UK numbers which show up in full on the caller display, not just withheld or unavailable. I can understand that they are selling databases (probably to crooks all over the world) but how come a lot of the callers are UK based yet still Indian? The callers always have an Indian accent so I hang up as soon as poss. Yesterday I merely said to the guy (with a Manchester dialling code) who announced he was from BT that it was a scam and he got very upset and said he could prove that it wasn't. I didn't give him the opportunity to try;) but sometimes wonder if I'm missing a genuine contact call.0 -
carbootcrazy wrote: »A lot of these 'BT' calls are coming from UK numbers which show up in full on the caller display, not just withheld or unavailable. I can understand that they are selling databases (probably to crooks all over the world) but how come a lot of the callers are UK based yet still Indian?Yesterday I merely said to the guy (with a Manchester dialling code) who announced he was from BT that it was a scam and he got very upset and said he could prove that it wasn't. I didn't give him the opportunity to try;) but sometimes wonder if I'm missing a genuine contact call.
It sounds horrible!Save2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Maybe they're re-routed, using cheap numbers like Martin writes about?
Hmmm. I've not had anyone say that to me, but I *might* ask them "how can you prove that, quickly" - and put the phone down on them if they just go into a spiel. Or, if they *are* real, ask why they're calling, is it to sell something or is it a problem with your account? If its a problem with the account, then he should be able to send you a message via your account?
It sounds horrible!Save
Thanks, KC:T:T. I haven't seen what Martin said about re-routing using cheap numbers:o. I'll look for it. Would certainly seem to be the answer to my query wouldn't it?
I check my online BT account regularly and there is every opportunity for the genuine BT to contact me via the secure messaging within it or send me an email. As I haven't received anything I assume these phone calls must be scams.0 -
carbootcrazy wrote: »Thanks, KC:T:T. I haven't seen what Martin said about re-routing using cheap numbers:o. I'll look for it. Would certainly seem to be the answer to my query wouldn't it?I check my online BT account regularly and there is every opportunity for the genuine BT to contact me via the secure messaging within it or send me an email. As I haven't received anything I assume these phone calls must be scams.Save2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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I've had people saying that the fact that they were calling from a geographical number was proof that there was no scam! To be fair that particular guy had a native uk accent whereas mostly it's peeps with very strong Indian accents.
Had a lot of calls to my mobile from Manchester and Birmingham lately but haven't heard/answered any.CCs @0% £24k Dec 05 £19,621.41 Au £13400 S 12600 Oct £11,981 £9481 £7500 Nov £7250 D £7100 Jan 6950 F £5800 Mar£5400 May £4830 June £4660 July £4460 Aug £3200, S £900, £0 18/9/07 DFW Nerd 0420 -
When I get those sorts of calls, I ignore them and sing the Jamaican dancehall song to myself "Who's calling me from an unknown number? We nah answer no unknown number. Who's calling me from a private call? Gangsta don't answer no private call."Mortgage started at £318,000 in June 2016. Original MF - 2041 :eek:
2nd Property Mortgage at £275,000. Mortgage free: 2049 :eek:
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Tropically wrote: »When I get those sorts of calls, I ignore them and sing the Jamaican dancehall song to myself "Who's calling me from an unknown number? We nah answer no unknown number. Who's calling me from a private call? Gangsta don't answer no private call."
I love this If only you sung it to them :rotfl:Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!0 -
I've always been a fan of not answering my phone to any number I don't recognise. If they really need to talk to me, they will leave a message0
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edinburgher wrote: »I've always been a fan of not answering my phone to any number I don't recognise. If they really need to talk to me, they will leave a message
Sounds like a good idea but we get a lot of legitimate calls from all over the country. A lot of them are first-time callers and I don't know all their numbers.
I might try leaving all calls from unrecognised numbers to go straight to answerphone. I can act on the wanted ones almost immediately afterwards. The only drawback to that is that I'll be paying for the call then and not the caller:(
Apologies to KC for starting this subject which has been monopolising the thread so much:o0 -
Tropically wrote: »When I get those sorts of calls, I ignore them and sing the Jamaican dancehall song to myself "Who's calling me from an unknown number? We nah answer no unknown number. Who's calling me from a private call? Gangsta don't answer no private call."edinburgher wrote: »I've always been a fan of not answering my phone to any number I don't recognise. If they really need to talk to me, they will leave a messagecarbootcrazy wrote: »Sounds like a good idea but we get a lot of legitimate calls from all over the country. A lot of them are first-time callers and I don't know all their numbers.
[/quote]I might try leaving all calls from unrecognised numbers to go straight to answerphone. I can act on the wanted ones almost immediately afterwards. The only drawback to that is that I'll be paying for the call then and not the caller:([/quote]
Hopefully within contract, though, CBC? Or tell them to ring you between certain hours?Apologies to KC for starting this subject which has been monopolising the thread so much:o
I've been slobbing about and done very little :T except send two birthday cards.Save2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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