Reply to: Indian call centres in the news

[tomtomagain]

I solve this by never answering my landline...

Landlines are broken.

In this day-and-age why would anyone want a device in their house that's sole use is to allow fraudsters to contact them directly?

Even my ageing parents now usually call me on my mobile.

Literally the only calls I get on my home phone are:

PPI Insurance, Something about "An accident I had that wasn't my fault" ( I had a crash 4 years ago. It was entirely my fault ) and some helpful chap with a thick accent from Microsoft Support Center telling me they've detected a problem with my computer.

[WTFH]

Hi I'm Dave I have Herpes

Quoting for future reference.

[NotAllThere]

Mobile only, easy to block numbers and put the call on silent or press ignore.

My VDSL router also handles telephony - similarly easy to block numbers, number ranges. Any number withheld calls go straight to answer machine.

[vetran]

Bastards now seem to have a trick whereby they spoof a local number.

I see my local STD code & I think it's going to be the opticians ringing about my prescription or something & there's somebody on the line from Bangalore instead.

I don't even talk, just put the phone straight down.

I thought I'd subscribed to some BT service that blocked all that cr@p

Hi I'm Dave I have Herpes

[darrylmg]

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I see my local STD code & I think it's going to be the opticians...

Should have gone to Spec... oh wait

[tarbera]

Innocent explanation. It's part of the four week computer science degree they were doing, prior to getting ICT Visas to work for Lloyds and RBS.

Brilliant and so true

[_V_]

I have fibre broadband, no landline, no monthly landline rental, no cold calls, or other spam callers.

Mobile only, easy to block numbers and put the call on silent or press ignore.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Bastards now seem to have a trick whereby they spoof a local number.

I see my local STD code & I think it's going to be the opticians ringing about my prescription or something & there's somebody on the line from Bangalore instead.

I don't even talk, just put the phone straight down.

I thought I'd subscribed to some BT service that blocked all that cr@p

[woohoo]

I solve this by never answering my landline...

Good idea, also you will avoid any vengeful Japanese spirit that wants to give you 7 days to live.

[SueEllen]

I solve this by never answering my landline...

Loads of people don't now.

[cojak]

I solve this by never answering my landline...

[Mordac]

They're trying it over here now. Just had a call from a machine telling me HMRC has just filed a lawsuit, press 1 etc...
Pressed 1 for the fun of it, got a Bob, hung up. HMRC are aware apparently, but the feckers are getting their info from somewhere. Offshorers will be first against the wall when I get to power.

[MrMarkyMark]

The real issue there again resides in the US. Where did the list of "150,000 tax defaulters" come from then?

Most likely an Excel sheet

[BrilloPad]

The Nigerians are offshoring their operations?

[LondonManc]

The real issue there again resides in the US. Where did the list of "150,000 tax defaulters" come from then?

Talk Talk?