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Put yourself on the do-no-call list (if you're in the UK) and never receive a spam call again. And on the very very rare occasion you do, just say "I'm on the d

by orf 9y ago

Put yourself on the do-no-call list (if you're in the UK) and never receive a spam call again. And on the very very rare occasion you do, just say "I'm on the do-not-call list by the way" and see how fast they hang up. http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/index.html http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/index.html Takes 5 minutes.

FussyZeus 9y ago
> I was already registered with the telephone preference service (TPS) and so should not be getting unsolicited spam marketing calls. GP already was.
paulie_a 9y ago
I've been tempted to start answering the phone: "attorney general's office, consumer fraud division, how may I direct your call"
dingaling 9y ago
TPS only applies to 'unsolicited' marketing calls If you've inadvertently agreed to marketing by overlooking some opt-out section of a contract then that counts as consent and TPS means nothing: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/electronic-and-telephone-marketing/#consent https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/electroni...
- memsom 9y ago
  The issue is - if you don't understand why the marketers are calling you, it can seem like an unsolicited call. As I mentioned, they never answered the calls till the very last one and that took a good 2 - 3 months. I think they were using an autodialler with PAYG sim cards and refilling it every couple of weeks as I blocked each caller. The problem was, I needed to answer my phone as I was working away from home at the time. Any of the calls could have been a valid call about my real life. I often got calls from people not in my contact list.. from random clients, my kids' schools, data centres or related to work.
gpderetta 9y ago
Did that, I keep getting calls from the same scammy 'we hard you have had an accident' company every few months. Apparently it has been reported multiple times, but the company doesn't have a well defined presence in UK, so they dodge any persecution.

by orf 9y ago

FussyZeus 9y ago

> I was already registered with the telephone preference service (TPS) and so should not be getting unsolicited spam marketing calls. GP already was.

paulie_a 9y ago

I've been tempted to start answering the phone: "attorney general's office, consumer fraud division, how may I direct your call"

dingaling 9y ago

TPS only applies to 'unsolicited' marketing calls If you've inadvertently agreed to marketing by overlooking some opt-out section of a contract then that counts as consent and TPS means nothing: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/electronic-and-telephone-marketing/#consent https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/electroni...

memsom 9y ago
The issue is - if you don't understand why the marketers are calling you, it can seem like an unsolicited call. As I mentioned, they never answered the calls till the very last one and that took a good 2 - 3 months. I think they were using an autodialler with PAYG sim cards and refilling it every couple of weeks as I blocked each caller. The problem was, I needed to answer my phone as I was working away from home at the time. Any of the calls could have been a valid call about my real life. I often got calls from people not in my contact list.. from random clients, my kids' schools, data centres or related to work.

gpderetta 9y ago

Did that, I keep getting calls from the same scammy 'we hard you have had an accident' company every few months. Apparently it has been reported multiple times, but the company doesn't have a well defined presence in UK, so they dodge any persecution.