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02/1/2025 at 2:44pm
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I have had hundreds of them, especially towards the end of last year from August onwards. No point in blocking the numbers either as next time they call it will be from a very similar number with the last two digits changed.
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02/1/2025 at 10:11pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Monty15 on 02/1/2025
Just before Xmas, at around 11am everyday for a week, I received a 'number withheld' call on my landline, no idea who it was or what they wanted, I just don't answer anonymous or unknown numbers, they go to answerphone and if they leave a message I'll call them back if legitimate. Of course they didn't leave a message!
If any company/organisation offers to call me back, I point out that unless they show a caller ID/number and/or leave a message, they won't get through to me! .... seems to annoy some of them that I'm not subservient to THEIR whims! My phone, my rules! 
Absolutely! I have anonymous caller rejection on my line, so any calls that don't leave a number on caller-display get blocked at the exchange, and I never even know they have called. Anyone I know will know how to contact me. Email is often the best way. Calls that do get through only get answered if they leave me a message.
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03/1/2025 at 11:20am
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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 03/1/2025
It’s only a scam if you fall for it. It’s just a nuisance otherwise.
No idea why they keep trying eg “this is a call from bank security” or the person enquiring politely about the Microsoft on my laptop that needs sorting. No one falls for these, surely.
Since I moved from BT to EE, the phone now shows Nuisance? on the screen.
A friend did get caught by a pop-up that filled their laptop screen, which they couldn’t get rid of (I would have shut down the laptop). Paid £600 to get it removed: held to ransom, in other words.
Would have been cheaper to buy another laptop! What a rip-off! The one I am using now cost me something like £85 at least 8 years ago. It was a reconditioned ex-office machine. I keep it backed up to a separate remote hard drive so it wouldn't be the end of the world if I lost everything off it. I use a very good anti-virus on it anyway, not one of the well known ones, but one recommended to me by someone I used to know that was an IT specialist.
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03/1/2025 at 3:04pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 03/1/2025
It’s only a scam if you fall for it. It’s just a nuisance otherwise.
No idea why they keep trying eg “this is a call from bank security” or the person enquiring politely about the Microsoft on my laptop that needs sorting. No one falls for these, surely.
Since I moved from BT to EE, the phone now shows Nuisance? on the screen.
A friend did get caught by a pop-up that filled their laptop screen, which they couldn’t get rid of (I would have shut down the laptop). Paid £600 to get it removed: held to ransom, in other words.
People do fall for them unfortunately, that's why they keep trying! They are very good at what they do, and it would be very easy to make a mistake, especially if you get flustered.
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