Possible VN phone call, or scammers?
OK, had several calls on my mobile from 08001836416 over the last couple of days. As driving, didn't answer first one, but did the second, and after a short silence, got a foreign, (Asian/Indian) g...
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H there HughJarsse 👋 Welcome back to the forum and thanks for your post 😊
Sorry to see that you've been having calls from this number. It does look like a genuine number for our sales team, however the nature of the call you have described sounds odd for the team. This does sound like it could be a scam call as they can spoof numbers to make it look like it is a genuine number calling you.
Just to check, do you have marketing preferences unticked via your online account here? If you do continue to receive calls like this it would also be best to check out security page here for more help with this.
Regards
Nathan
Hi Nathan,
seems strange that there are so many negative reviews on 'who called me' regarding this number if it is a genuine VM one.
As for 'marketing preferences' they are turned off, and always have been, because I got fed up with persistant calls to 'upgrade' and 'special offers' from VM. If I want something, I will ask.
Have now blocked the number anyway, but just thought I'd give you a heads up on the fact it may be being used by spoofing scammers..
Hi HughJarsse 👋🏼.
Thank you for coming back to us, as I can see you are in private chat with one of our colleague. To avoid any confusion we advise to continue this with our staff member on private chat please.
To put the record straight, the private chat is about an entirely different matter, (home phone switchover, actually) and therefore nothing to do with this post regarding possible 'scam' calls I was/am getting from a VM number but possibly 'spoofed'
Two entirely different subjects.. posted for clarity!!
