@bigguy283 wrote:
Thanks for help, i already had my landline registered with TPS , but i re-submitted my details on there website.
I constantly get calls from these 065 numbers dailly, and it is very worrying, as i do not understand the reason for calling me constantly , and as soon as i answer the call i get a dialtone!.
TPS is a database used by legitimate companies. Legitimate companies will avoid calling people listed on the register for marketing purposes. Unfortunately, it won't help you in this case.
Your calls are, most-likely, from criminal/scam callers. They use automated equipment to dial large blocks of telephone numbers. Their aim is to defraud you by a variety of means if you happen to answer the phone and they can get to talk to you. A range of phone scams, and how they work, are described below in this booklet from the Met police
https://www.met.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/central/advice/fraud/met/little-booklet-of-p...
Fake VM tech support calls are regularly mentioned on here. VM do not make unsolicited tech support calls to customers out of the blue, so if you get a call like that it is a scam.
Typically, many more scam calls are placed than there are scammer call handlers to field those calls. If you get an automated call, but a scammer call handler is not available to talk to you, then the automated process just drops the call which is why the line is dead when you answer.
Your best bet is just to avoid answering the calls which you do not recognise on caller ID. Let it go to answering machine or even better just ring out unanswered. Eventually the automated calling process will 'learn' that your number is unresponsive and you may find the calls will subside some.
My own line is currently being called this week by fake numbers from 01202###### where the # keeps changing. However, the trueCall device on my line screens the calls and prevents my phone from ever ringing
https://www.truecall.co.uk/category-s/116.htm
What make and model of phone are you using at present? It may possibly have some features which could help mitigate against the calls, such as the number range filtering mentioned above.