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Had a suspicious phone call from 0800 952 4874

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Caller with Yorkshire accent sounded like she was calling from a busy call centre - said she was from O2 calling up to find out how I was doing with my mobile service and telling me that she had some special offers for me. Asked if I was the account holder, but I cut her short and asked her "how do I know you are who you say you are?" after which she told me my name - so she knew something - and then she said something that got me suspicious: I thought she said something like "can you tell me your security question - then i can bring your details up on my screen". That didn't sound right so I challenged her again: "how do I know you are who you say you are" - and she said "I'm bringing your details up on my screen" - and put me on hold. It then went quiet for 10 seconds and then she cut back in with the background noise, but then cut out again - and during this second period of silence that I hung up.

 

20 seconds later I get a text message from O2 saying "Here is your code: 123456 Please enter this code in the site to continue  registering your O2 account. If you did not authorise this, please contact O2"

 

So I rang 202 and asked for the fraud and security number. However the number I was given is an 0844 number - does anyone here have a direct line number for them? Because I'm reluctant to call an 0844 number because those numbers are not in the calling plan and I'd have to pay for it.

 

In any case, has anyone else had strange calls from people claiming to be O2 from 0800 952 4874 ?

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blissgirl
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Could be Aerial Direct?
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This sounds like LBM Marketing Ltd to me, we've seen this number many times.

 

They're likely to be selling on behalf of various mobile companies, so don't deal with them.

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Do not, repeat. ..do not, agree to anything over the phone.Take a number and call back!

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God no, ignore the call, you may end up getting mis sold a business contract, these people are sneaky
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@Anonymous wrote:
God no, ignore the call, you may end up getting mis sold a business contract, these people are sneaky

I'm sure God wasn't responsible. slight_smile

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Ooh now I've had that number call me too... I gave the stock, "Battersea Dogs Home" answer where I attempt to sell them twin puppies.... Pahahahhaaa, they haven't called back wink

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@gindygoo wrote:
Ooh now I've had that number call me too... I gave the stock, "Battersea Dogs Home" answer where I attempt to sell them twin puppies.... Pahahahhaaa, they haven't called back wink

C xx

My Buddha may be a better shout.

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Anonymous
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Even getting a number and calling back is not 100% safe - if it's an unexpected call simply treat it as hostile! That's what I do.

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It is all over Google and as @perksie  says one find came up with LBM marketing. Not one search had anything good to say about them however so just block the number.  slight_frown

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