Steve_Clayton
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Hi, can you arrange for mine to be turned off too, I’ve been getting masses of spoofed mobile numbers ringing so I turned off the phones answering machine so that the phone would appear unanswered and they’d go away, however when I got back off holiday the other day, I notice that there is a free voicemail active anyway. Problem as everyone states is that ringing 1571 there is no option to turn it off (contrary to what the website says). Thanks Steve9Views0likes1CommentRe: Scam mobile calls from India on landline
thanks for all your replies, much appreciated, we have caller ID so can see when mum and dad are calling. We haven't been answering the calls for a month now and still getting 3/4 per day. TBH can't justify the expense of a screening device as we don't use the landline, it's tied in with the broadband and we would have got rid of it ages ago if we could, unfortunately mum and dad being almost 90 won't ring our mobiles for some reason, hey ho. It's just annoying more than anything.13Views0likes0CommentsScam mobile calls from India on landline
I have started receiving a lot of calls from supposed UK mobile numbers (a different number every time), 20 calls to date, all between 09:00 and 17:00 Mon-Fri. Initially we answered the calls as we did not know who was calling, lately we have just let them go to voicemail. When you answer the phone it is always someone saying they are from Virgin Media and that there is an issue with the broadband connection, when challenged to tell me who I am and where I live they immediately hang up. The calls are from a call centre, you can hear the chatter in the background and appear to be from (I'm guessing) India or similar. It is very annoying and worrying as my wife's parents are both nearly 90 and not very well and they are normally the only people who ring us on the landline - we don't give the number out anywhere as we use our mobiles for everything - it stresses my wife as soon as the phone rings before you can see who the caller is. How can we stop these people calling? It is obvious that they are international calls and that the numbers are being spoofed and changed every time, so it is pointless blocking the numbers as they never repeat. 07850 0914xx, 07938 5829xx, 07775 8906xx 07891 3825xx, 07786 5401xx, 07815 7318xx, 07891 4093xx, 07847 4772xx, 07514 9048xx, 07803 4932xx, 07548 0010xx, 07399 6596xx, 07901 3336xx, 07425 0149xx, 07595 2257xx, 07835 2450xx, 07557 2382xx, 07710 8234xx, 07886 2952xx, 07956 6167xx. p.s. Member of TPS already. [mod - numbers edited in case innocent numbers being spoofed]144Views0likes6Comments