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Beware

Poppysmum — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:29:35 GMT

Had a phonecall this morning from 024 7622 0942 said Coventry so answered.

Foreign guy telling me my 02 contract was up i knew it wasnt but was busy in town shopping so told him sorry i busy.

They rang me back earlier this time foreign guy called Albert didnt catch this morning's guy name.

So told him if i wanted to continue with 02 i would phone 02 he then tells me he was 02 so i told him that number and him are going to be reported hung up and blocked.

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liggerz87 — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:35:26 GMT

You did the best thing by hanging up on them

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viridis — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:54:33 GMT

Hmm wonder if the capita bunch up Binley now dealing with o2 contact service?

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viridis — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:57:39 GMT

Though probably not, as it's a released number that was linked to London road..

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pgn — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 16:17:26 GMT

Well, looks like several of our community members live in these places, or work there, as I got this list from

https://who-calls.me.uk/phone/02476220942

Calls started on June 7th, 2019.

This number was searched from Sutton, Londonderry, Bingley, Belfast, Chelmsford, Stockport, Whitstable, Kidbrooke, Lambeth, Bradford, Gateshead.

Oopsadaisy. Still, whoever is calling from this nunber sounds like they should be blocked... Well done @Poppysmum

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Cleoriff — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:46:37 GMT

02476 is a Coventry/Nuneaton prefix, as I have it on my landline. The remaining digits starting with 2 are suspicious though as they don't usually start as low as that.

In fact I dialled it from my landline and got the message " Sorry the number you have dialed doesn't exist'!!

Who calls me reports many people saying the same as you @Poppysmum

https://who-called.co.uk/Number/02476220942

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Poppysmum — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 19:05:03 GMT

Just wrote a long reply for it to ask me to sign in when i pressed post

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Poppysmum — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 19:07:01 GMT

Thank you everyone especially @Cleoriff

I dont have a landline and no way was i ringing number on my mobile.

Makes me mad when they insisted they are 02 vunerable people could be caught out and go ahead with a new contract

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Anonymous — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 21:25:25 GMT

Ridiculously easy to spoof Calling Line Identification if you are using VoIP and just like the 'technical support' crowd that ring and try and convince people to let them take remote control and empty the victim's bank account these scum have absolutely no conscience

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pgn — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 21:54:00 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Ridiculously easy to spoof Calling Line Identification if you are using VoIP and just like the 'technical support' crowd that ring and try and convince people to let them take remote control and empty the victim's bank account these scum have absolutely no conscience

Ridiculously easy, yes @Anonymous - but the practice still contravenes some telecommunication act somewhere...

I remember picking channels out of an ISDN30 trunk and making calls out, testing what came back in when we had a PABX in our building (and also later when we were moving to VOIP, as some incoming calls had "weird" characters in them that confused the VOIP Call Manager no end at times!).

Not my line any more, thankfully

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TallTrees — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 12:50:20 GMT

Well done @Poppysmum

Staying safe, careful and posting here for us all to read ~ most obliged.

Best wishes TallTrees

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Anonymous — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 13:56:31 GMT

@pgn

There might be legitimate reasons of course such as bank fraud teams trying to get in touch with a customer but as usual some will exploit it for nefarious reasons as is happeing/

It should be illegal but catching them is made more difficult.

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pgn — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 18:09:13 GMT

Telemarketers with (outlawed!) auto- or bulk-diallers... I somehow think TPS registration means nothing to these cowboys, half the time.

https://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/number_type.html

In fact, if not already in there, Telemarketing practices should be consigned to Room 101, @Anonymous.