Weird Telephone Call From 'boiler Repair'

[deejaybenj]

My phone rang at 8.15am this morning. It was a call from an unknown number. I actually decided to answer this to see who would be phoning so early.

The voice in a 'geezer' esque kind of way introduced himself as Steve phoning about my boiler. I had no idea what the call was about, as have no boiler issues. I kept trying to speak but he kept talking at me, saying he would speak to me later in the afternoon. When he finished talking, the voice started up again and it appeared to be a message on loop.

What concerned me though was that when the looped voice spoke this Steve read out my christian name. Usually if you get a PPI call or a marketing call they dont read out your christian name in a pre-recorded message.

Also, the content of the message just waffled on about the boiler. There was no number left for anyone to have called back on to potentially discuss their services and when I answered the call it appeared not to impact much on my phone credit. So that got me thinking, why would they call at all, they did not seem to be offering a product or a service, you could not physically speak to anyone and the unknown number did not even register in my phone's 'call log'. So why would they be calling me?

Please can anyone shed any light on this as it has me a bit concerned.

Btw, I am with Telephone Preference Service and am also aware you can post numbers on sites online that are nuisance calls.

[grumpy01]

TPS registration does not cover you from firms who you have dealt with and who sell your number to others.However,I have to say that since the new legislation came in my nuisance calls appear to have stopped.

[Answerprancer]

What I've been advised to do with calls like this is answer them and put the phone to one side and let them use up their bill waffling to no one until *they* hang up. They'll probably drop you and if they don't, at least you can have a little laugh at their (literal) expense.

[Postdog]

Do you have the number...if so Google it.

[Tuvok]

Had a call tonight - but had the number stored in the phone as ignore - so I've obviously had them before!

It was a boiler scheme - I Googled it!

[deejaybenj]

No I do not have the number, it was an unknown number.

That is the whole point - there is no number to call them back on, so why would they be phoning and how would they make money off me on a pre-recorded loop?

[mallyh]

yousaid he will speak to you this afternoon ,i expect that will be the" to sell" call .

[dzug2]

Simple question of a wrong number?