Film, Media & TV1 min ago
getting round the TPS service
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got one of my two a day (at least) phone calls from India yesterday, so i though this time ill go along with it instead of say "bog off" he told me i was due to some miss sold mortgage protection policy ,, blah blah blah, he knew my name address ,he explainer things, asked if id wait for his superior to get on the line, a lot more gaff was said then i had to hold on again he came back on the line and said "hello can you say hello to my colleague" so i said "hello" it was a girl speaking from the uk in Leicester working for "abc claims" so this is how these people get round being blocked by the TPS service.
uk companies using this scam should be reported and stopped from doing this
btw i dont have any mortgage, never had,
uk companies using this scam should be reported and stopped from doing this
btw i dont have any mortgage, never had,
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You're right deggers, we're TPS and we are inundated with Indian callers re. mortgages (paid ours off 20 years ago), loans (never ever had one) and then scams saying 'There are errors on your computer' etc. plus survey participation (all to do with energy, etc.) It is EXTRA annoying when they say 'Good day m'am, how are you this morning?'
How can these be stopped we are heartily sick of them?
How can these be stopped we are heartily sick of them?
i have just found this and sent a complaint to them.
from the TPS web site..............
Companies based abroad who call into the UK and who are making calls on behalf of UK based companies, must comply with UK regulations and screen their call lists against the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) before making an unsolicited sales and marketing call to a UK telephone number. We do make the file available to overseas based companies under licence for the purpose of suppression so they know whom not to telephone but, many overseas companies who telephone the UK on their own account from overseas do so to avoid legal and self regulatory restrictions.
If you have received a live unsolicited direct marketing call from overseas from a company that you can identify and whom you think may be a UK company please log a complaint with TPS using the online complaints form.
If is deemed by TPS that the unsolicited direct marketing call that you received from overseas was from or made on behalf of a company with presence in the UK we will investigate, and raise a complaint in the UK against the offending company where it is possible to do so.
from the TPS web site..............
Companies based abroad who call into the UK and who are making calls on behalf of UK based companies, must comply with UK regulations and screen their call lists against the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) before making an unsolicited sales and marketing call to a UK telephone number. We do make the file available to overseas based companies under licence for the purpose of suppression so they know whom not to telephone but, many overseas companies who telephone the UK on their own account from overseas do so to avoid legal and self regulatory restrictions.
If you have received a live unsolicited direct marketing call from overseas from a company that you can identify and whom you think may be a UK company please log a complaint with TPS using the online complaints form.
If is deemed by TPS that the unsolicited direct marketing call that you received from overseas was from or made on behalf of a company with presence in the UK we will investigate, and raise a complaint in the UK against the offending company where it is possible to do so.
"so this is how these people get round being blocked by the TPS service."
TPS doesn't block anything, it just provides a list of numbers that UK based companies (and their overseas agents) shouldn't call. Also, not all types of calls are covered by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, which is the legislation that TPS evokes. Market research calls are exempt, for example.
TPS doesn't block anything, it just provides a list of numbers that UK based companies (and their overseas agents) shouldn't call. Also, not all types of calls are covered by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, which is the legislation that TPS evokes. Market research calls are exempt, for example.
Howard....I get a regular one, they call at 1.15pm and 4.15pm every day. I
think they do it on a rota, it goes quiet for about a week. In the past I have picked up and said politely "no thanks"...do they take notice????
Now and again I do 1471, just to check...as thats free...and yes always
same number.
think they do it on a rota, it goes quiet for about a week. In the past I have picked up and said politely "no thanks"...do they take notice????
Now and again I do 1471, just to check...as thats free...and yes always
same number.
but i still have to do drop what i'm doing to answer it ! i could be upstairs or in the garden the phones in the hall,
i have answered and i do know that if it quiet for 2/3 seconds its a call from india and i do put the phone down, ive even taped the news from a web site in hindi
and played that down the line leaving the phone next to the player for a couple of minutes,to annoy them "simple"
i have answered and i do know that if it quiet for 2/3 seconds its a call from india and i do put the phone down, ive even taped the news from a web site in hindi
and played that down the line leaving the phone next to the player for a couple of minutes,to annoy them "simple"
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