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Welsh confuses them too.lol

Why not answer them in any other language than English. or good old "Anglo Saxon" works for me.**M**.

This was on the radio this morning. It said that they employ hundreds of people in call centres, they are trying to get you to go to your computer and go to a website which will supposedly test your computer. Of course it shows you that you have a virus even though you don't. Some of the firms are trying to get you to buy fake virus protection. Others want remote access to your computer so they can look for bank account and password details.
The same thing happens with pop ups which purport to come from genuine anti virus companies, if you click on them, or follow a link, you are taken to a fake help desk who again pretend to be the real company.

The only way to be safe is not to follow links, but to type the full web address into your browser bar

OH had one of these yesterday. Before she could say anything he asked her if she had checked the TPS. She put the phone down.

Told Oh about those two websites so he chatted to the caller for about 10 mins this morning - even got a tel no out of them a London 0203 one. They rang back again this pm but put the phone down when he told them he had passed the number on to Microsoft.

I had a caller on Sat, not one of these I think, but as the recipient of the call I was expected not only to admit to my name, but because of data protection I they also wanted the first line of my address. Pointed out they had called me not the other way round and that they hadn't proved who they were. Told them I never gave out my address to cold callers however much I believed they were genuine!

Bumping this up

If they call me I will tell them to ring me later but on another number i.e

the local police station

let's see how quick they put the phone down

Joan, several years ago o.h. kept saying he couldn't stay in touch with his sons easily (they lived a mile away with his ex) cos he was at work so much on shifts.
One birthday I bought him a cheap (£8 at the time) separate answering machine and he duly recorded his message and waited to hear all the times his sons tried to call him.
Had to laugh, I knew they hadn't been bothering to ring at all and the silence of the machine proved it lol It must be about 12 years ago now and the machine has been useful at times. Still very few calls for him tho, mostly for me lol

Lizx

Sky keep phoning me to say my insurance has expired .

Our box is 10 yr old and hasn't been insured for yrs.lol

Thank you for having put this up Mildred .

My brother has just phoned me to say he has just had a weird call saying there is something wrong with his computer ! All the weirder because he doesn't even have one !!

My brother is listed in the telephone directory so I guess that is where they got his number fom .

I shall alert friends and family that they are " doing " this area .

I am with the TPS & I'm ex directory

They still used my name & address when they spoke to me.

I think they buy addresses etc from companies who sell their info on :o((.

we are ex directory and on the telephone preference although this doesn't stop overseas callers. What i do have though is a ban on callers withholding their tel nos ,cost me £1.50 per month . dont know how much it stops cos they just dont get through.

Buy a cheap answering machine and don't pick up till you hear who is calling then they will just waste their money wittering on to a machine, and eventually the call clicks off.

I confuse people if I answer and they are cold callers etc as they automatically go Mrs S? and I say no, cos I ain't, even tho he is Mr S. lol

Lizx

Hi Di~~

I'm not exdirectoty but am not listed in the phone book.

Whilst the calls are annoying, it gives some satisfaction to me when they hang up and I know they haven't scammed me.lol
Sandie.

Don't you think it's sad that graduates(and graduates they are - which is why they can speak tolerable English) from the Indian sub-continent can only find these kinds of jobs? It's not their fault that they're a nuisance - it's the fault of those who employ them.

Sue x

Just a thought, are you all in the phone book as I'm EX directory and as of yet have not had a call.

Diane

just had a look at the links Mildred, some were funny and if i get another call off them i will def use some new tactics. lol

I hardly ever get cold callers and when I do I just tell them ring me again and I will put you on my nuisence phone call list and hang up

I have these calls all the time - at least it seems they call all the time. Luckily I also have 'caller display', so if I see that the call is an international one (and I'm not expecting an international call), then I simply don't answer.

If I do answer then I simply tell them to hold the line while I put my computer on - and go away and do something more interesting instead.

l also had one of these a couple of months ago....very persistent he was too!!

jude