Those numbers are not using the scam, they are spoofed by scammers using VoIP systems. In fact the last two are not even in the list of OFCOM number ranges.
Just had a similar call but automated voice from x (Bodmin number apparently). I hung up.
Those numbers are not using the scam, they are spoofed by scammers using VoIP systems. In fact the last two are not even in the list of OFCOM number ranges.Where does one get these from ?
Not quite sure what you are saying there as there appears to be some contradiction ?
Who/what ever they are they were claiming one would lose phone or broadband unless one pressed a number. I did not waste time listening to the whole message, immediately hung up and added them to my blacklist.
Don't even bother blacklisting them - just hang up. Mind you, if you have a call blocking device which can block many more numbers than BT Call Protect, then you can press the red button and block. If the same number keeps calling then you delete and transfer them to Call Protect. At least that way it builds up BT's Database. This happened with a frequent home improvement company caller. Their calls now divert to junk - no more need to blacklist.
It sometimes helps to check on a website which gives a reputation status of nuisance calers.
i've just had one of these - the latest in an interminable number of them, up to six times a day. I have two old-fashioned dial-type phones right next to one another, one digital, one analog (long story). Last week, after keeping the bogus caller hanging on for a minute or so, I got both handsets to do a "69" and there was a lovely howl of feedback - the caller hung up. Today, after selecting option 2 (Yes, Please Disconnect My Internet Broadband") , a sub-continental-sounding voice started saying "Hallo..........?Halloo..............??" In my best Super-Soft Voice-Over Man tones I started to repeat "Please hold the line - we are trying to connect you - your call is important to us" (about four times) then "just so you know, all these calls are recorded for training and monitoring purposes and, right now, for your security, this call is being traced back to its proper source". I'm sure I then just heard a voice quietly mutter "Ah f*** off" and the line went dead. Yes, all these calls seem to come from Bodmin, Birmingham, Northern Oireland or "Have Not Been Recognised!!" They very rarely respond to 1571-3. My ploy might be worth a try, though.
The numbers quoted are spoofed, and can actually be real people's numbers. Those people are not involved in the scam.
will get to a page of spreasheets which anyone can download.
Two fake calls today recorded message saying my BT service was being stopped and to press 1 for BT or 2 for other server.
Please note that the calls are NOT from those numbers, they have been spoofed by scammers using VoIP systems.