iandavid wrote:Is there someone at Virgin who can check to see if his new phone number is activated. Our whole family is worried he is still open to these scammers. Please help.
Changing landline numbers is only a temporary fix. Scammers operate by using auto-diallers that dial thousands of consecutive numbers simultaneously, eventually dialling every number on an exchange. So sooner or later they will ring again when they get to his new number. If there is a response from the number it is tagged as active & the scam centre callers will follow up. I would also point out that all telephone numbers, especially landline numbers are recycled & will have had a previous user. This previous user could have been a company, or someone with bad debts, hence the possibility of more unwanted calls.
The scam call centres are based in India, & as our ageing telephone infrastructure cannot tell where an internet originated call is coming from neither the authorities or the telephone providers can currently stop them. Even if the phone is linked to an internet hub, landline calls are still routed through a traditional switched exchange.
