mysterious calls
 

Been getting quite a few mysterious calls lately, when i dial 1471 the number i get is 00000000000 (can't remember exactly how many but it's all zero's), anyone know about this at all

Cheers
Ian

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This is quite weird, but i cant help you with this.

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Would you not phone the company and see if they have a no registered that is phoning you or is that possible

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I've had this before...ive answered once and its supposedly a company trying to settle my debts. usually an asian/offshore accent. i suspect its a scam as they dont even know who lives at our house...they just ask for names of random people

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You're not alone:

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/00000000000/6

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OK cheers for that

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It's companies, usually marketing spoofing the caller ID in an attempt to get around people with anon caller reject

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Some calls from those VOIP providers like BT who use weird area codes come up as that too

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Yeah, I think most are foreign too.

We're on TPS and we get a few. The most common one is a recorded message about how I've won a cruise and to press 3 (I think) if I want to claim it. When you dial 1471 it comes back as a load of zero's.

I had another where it was an Indian guy who said he worked for Sky ringing because their was a fault with our box. He asked if I could just confirm my name, address and account number. I strung him along for a while before breaking it to him gently that I don't have Sky and he just hung up. I suspect it was one of the fake Sky warranty / repair scams that have been around for a while.

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that site is quite funny. one of the comments says it was a lady from Microsoft saying her PC is sending out virus. haha.

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I used to get this on BT when my friend in the US phoned. With VM it displays the intl number

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Iv had similar but the number given is 049

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Also had a silent call from 049 recently. My parents also had a silent call from a number beginning 06 a day or so ago. The US are now passing laws making the use of spoofed numbers illegal. The sooner we follow suit the better

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we got one of these about 2 years ago as fed up with these types of calls as they originate outside the UK and not covered by TPS. Never had any issues since http://www.truecall.co.uk/ not cheap i will admit but for peace and quiet, well worth it.

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Ah yes, I was talking about this the other day, I remember the guy being on Dragons Den trying to get them to invest. They were all a bit sceptical till he mentioned he'd sold his previous company for £5 million.

There's a similar device called Call Blocker which is about half the price - http://www.callblocker.co.uk/