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That's a good idea Janey. Like a lot of older people my mother gets confused and I'm always a little concerned she will give some information to them that she shouldn't or buy something to get rid of them.

Sue x

I SOMETIMES GET A FEW DAYS OF COMPUTER DIALED SALES ,THE CALL CENTRE HAVE NUMBERS
AUTO DIALED IF SALES PERSON NOT READY TO TAKE OVER ITS A BLANK CALL AND I GET A FAX SOUND,,VERY ANNOYING AT NIGHT......
THE POOTER CONCERNED HAS BEEN SWORN AT ON THEC ODD OCCATION

If you can get their telephone number you can report the number to the telephone preference and they will stop them, I reported texts that kept coming through from a dating site to both of our mobiles. we have them on the tel preference as well as our home ex dir number. they were stopped!

We are with Telewest/Virgin and pay £2 per month to stop number withheld calls We very rarely get unsolicited calls now

A lot of good advice already given, so mine may be superflous. I have an answering machine and I often ignore the phone.My friends and family know, and if they leave a message then I answer it. Any calls that do not leave a message,or the number is not known are ignored. Do you have a radio near the phone? If you answer a nuisance call, you can lay the handset by the radio. Can be very annoying listening to music, particularly if it is something you don't like!

Just been reading this advice, having no idea about the TPS, i thought brilliant- i'll register, stop the 3-4 calls i get every day (usually automated) but not always.
However it seems that i have already registered ?????
Must have been in my sleep because i had never heard of TPS until today.
i'm very tempted to phone the number back, but that must be playing into their hands,
just googled the number( 08432764019) and i can register a complaint, but is this also a scam?
I never disclose any details .

What i do find distressing is that i am getting phone calls asking to speak to my OH who died two years ago.
When they ask if they can speak to him i usually say "only through a medium dear" and put the phone down.
Two weeks later they are on the phone again, asking the same question.
Aaaaagh!!!!

I have a referee's whistle for just that purpose, and boy does it work!

But please, if anyone uses a whistle down the phone, please remember to remove said phone from your year first.....like I didn't the first time.