Cold Calls

[DaisyNonna]

9p.m. Sunday night and i get a cold call from a male with a foreign accent wanting to do a survey on local publications. I tried very hard not to tell him to get a proper job and to carnally remove himself.
Have never communicated with any local publication. Whence came my unlisted phone number?
Anybody else have this problem?

[Chaffinch]

I seem to be getting loads just lately:-

I'm owed X due to the accident I had (what accident)
My loan has been approved (what loan)
If I could have any window replaced in my house for free which one would I choose

The list goes on and on

[seadogg]

Some of them ignore the TPS too. Usually the readout on the phone is INTERNATIONAL in which case ignore it.

[DaisyNonna]

'Out of area' seems to be the new pointer.

[bazzard]

Have nothing but trouble from Indian Call Centres, with calls at odd times of the day and night. I belong to the Telephone Preference Service, but that doesn't seem to exclude these calls. I was called 'rude' by an operator the other day for not answering personal information about the Services that I received, such as gas and electricity. I think that my telephone number must have been sold on to these companies. The operators have started to call themselves 'Hamish' and 'Siobhan', perhaps to make them sound British? How do I stop getting these wretched calls?

[Chaffinch]

I get text too, they always say text STOP, if you don't want to receive them, but I bet they charge if you reply.

Hate em all of em

[tiggerblue10]

I had a call from someone with an English accent asking me about my insurance claim for a car accident I had a few months ago. I said to him that I have not put any insurance claims in and that I've never had a car accident. When asked where he got my name and number he couldn't tell me. Its not just foreign based call centres.

[Giggsie]

I had this one at about 6 tonight sooooo annoying being on a sunday too should not be allowed.

[askyourgran]

I have had quite a lot of calls from Brian in Bombay usually finance related. One of them I could barely understand, and I told him so and I hung up. The next day was a call from Betty from Bombay who said 'sorreee no unnerstan you' and hung up. Probably trying let Brian from Bombay feel avenged. What t*ssers. The TPS has stopped them now.

[paddywak]

It always amazes me that these callers, who by there accents are obviously of foreign origin, are always called Fred, bill,Mary or Jane never Abdul, Indira or what ever. I'm afraid I just tell them to go away in jerky movements.

[Headbanger]

My son kept getting calls at all times of the day and night from an African sounding man.Ater 5 days, in desperation, he held the phone next to the smoke alarm and pressed the test button. He didn't get any more calls!

[oldbillbuck]

If our phone numbers and details are being sold on tothese people, what ever happened to the Data Protection Act. Apparently DVLA are a prime abuser allegedly selling data to clamping companies

[Hopkirk]

TPS can't stop calls from overseas, Askyourgran.

I like the smoke detector idea, Headbanger - I'll try that.

[owdhamer]

I recieved a phone call late one night , a soppy young male sounding voice asked me if i would like to stroke his bare botty, i asked him if he would like a kick in the b_____ks, never heard from him again

[paddywak]

Years ago my sister had a spell when she was getting "Funny" phone calls the police man who dealt with the case advised her to get an Acme Thunder referees whistle and every time she got a call give them a quick blast. They soon stopped.