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Re: Phone scam
[Re: Salmon]
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17th Feb 2016 11:59pm
17th Feb 2016 11:59pm
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Someone told me of a similar one today. Telephone message saying that a close relative has been taken ill. Contact number given. Apparently the phone number is costing a fortune if you return the call.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
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Re: Phone scam
[Re: Salmon]
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19th Feb 2016 9:16am
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Uffda
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Sounds promising. I am intrigued to see TalkTalk block 75 million nuisance calls per week.We are with Talk Talk and can enter a code to block the last number called. This is fine but is limited to 10 numbers and this particular call was a private number as are so many, so we have no chance.I see most people get at least one nuisance call per month. There are days when we get 6 or more including all the PPI and accident people.I guess this is because we are in more than many people. Try registering with The Telephone Preference Service, I've found it works. From their website :- The Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is a free service. It is the official central opt out register on which you can record your preference not to receive unsolicited sales or marketing calls. It is a legal requirement that all organisations (including charities, voluntary organisations and political parties) do not make such calls to numbers registered on the TPS unless they have your consent to do so.
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Re: Nuisance calls - a breakthrough
[Re: Norton]
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19th Feb 2016 5:47pm
19th Feb 2016 5:47pm
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@ludwigvan NO The BT Phones are DEC phones so only the main one needs to be plugged into the mains. Any Extra handsets need only a power point to charge but do not need to be plugged into an telephone extension. So anything else plugged into an extension phone socket would probably ring. The Main BT phone prevents any of the Nuisance calls ringing unless the number is on the allow list or the caller has pressed the hash key and said there name. Summary The BT Nuisance Phone work as a group. Share contact details and block lists. They are worth every penny if your getting sales calls. You can add on a phone at a later date if you need to, but when i was pricing them it was £5- 10 difference for 2 or 3. Don't buy from BT Store as they say 33% discount but it works out exactly the same price as Argos, so go there and if you don't like them take them back Hope that helps
Last edited by Mark; 19th Feb 2016 6:03pm.
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