telephone number query

[encee]

has any one else had calls from this number as concerned because nobody ever there when i pick phone up
phone number starts with 08450

[spaced]

without the full number it could be one of thousands of companies

[encee]

I didnt like to put the full number in case I got into wrong but its ok now they phoned back and I told them politely (NOT) that I didnt want life insurance.but thanks for your reply spaced.

[Richard1966]

Its probably an auto dialer.

Telesales companies use computers to randomly dial numbers and if it finds a number that gets answered it will put the call through to a free sales person. Of course if the sales staff are all busy on calls the line goes dead. However the computer remembers that it found a real number and keeps trying at random times until it manages to call you at a time that coincides with a staff member being free.

In theory signing up for telephone preference services should stop it.