Who's calling me

[hlj429]

I keep getting phone calls from numbers I don't know. How do I find out who is calling me?

[Answerprancer]

Don't take it too seriously. Talk with them.
I had a random prank call from a girl once - I remained calm and polite, kept a sense of humour and went along with it giving as good as I got when needed. She told me her name and location after a few calls and we ended up chatting a few times, it was quite fun - then it eventually fizzled out.

Life's too short :-)

[wendilla]

Because of what you hear happening to people that meet people and talk over the internet I don't think that is very good advice to give anyone even though it is a phone call. Sorry but I would just ignore any numbers I don't know. Just airing my view on the subject.

[BagPussAA]

You could always try and put the numbers on to www.phonespamfilter.co.uk and it may be able to tell you who is calling you. This is particularly true if they are a large company or a sales dept trying to flog you stuff

[squarebear]

Ask them who they are or ring them back...

[chelle7272]

If you think it from a business, type the number into google or google for 'who calls me'. There's a forum where people list unknown numbers and identify them if possible. I've dodged many sales calls by checking on there first.

[katekoala]

FYI - if they are sales calls (or anyone suffering from them) you can sign up to TPS (they are a regulator) who can remove your number from sales companies.

(once a sale company has your number they can sell it on to others!)

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/

[joannie10]

I registered my home number with TPS as suggested by Katedoala and it took about a month but get no sales calls at all now.

[katekoala]

http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/ also works for junk mail through our door - if people still get that ?! haha

[Hayleysue]

do 1471 if call number is hidden ring your sevice provider and ask them they may have the number,new laws coming in their is a 2 million £ fine if you can identify the number to stop cold calls .

[boxtops]

put the number in here http://whocallsme.com/
it's one way to find out if a number has generated a lot of spam calls

[Dee Sa]

be careful wo you phone back th is a scam where when you call back you are hooked up to a 50p per minute call and you cant disconnect for about 20mins.
If the caller has with held their number its usual a call to try and sell you something, yesterday I got a "congratulations you have won a holiday in Florida" call which I politely told the to pee off then realised I was talking to a recording !
If you dont recognise the number dont call back, if its important they will call again.