Haven't had one for three weeks. Even then they were very sporadic. Thank God for BT call blocker. The last one I had was from an Indian chap who said he was calling on behalf of the Savers' Club, whatever that is. Didn't wait to find out, just pressed End Call and Block. The only reason I get some calls is because I allow all Withheld Numbers, as some are genuine.
I know, but as I have friends who are withheld it seems rather rude. Most Spam calls are International, Unavailable or dodgy numbers so it is small inconvenience to me.
Can you put into the blocker withheld numbers that you will allow? My doctor and home medication services all use number withheld as do all NHS numbers.
If any of your friends or business (such as doctors, etc) wish to call you, but their number is set to withheld - there is a way round it.
All they need to is is dial 1470 before they dial your number. This releases their number for this one call only.
If they have your number in a speed dial memory, they could edit it to include 1470 before your number, so they don't need to remember to dial 1470 every time they call you - problem solved :)
Jackdaw - I only found out through a bit of digging a while ago.
Our Virgin phone was set on anonymous call barring; yet my dad's phone was set to automatically withheld his number.
We found out that he needed to dial 1470 before dialling our number, otherwise he couldn't get through.
As far as I'm aware, it's the same across all the phone networks.
had a nasty experience with one of these scammers recently. suffice it to say he said he had my address and was going to bomb my family. I dont know why Talk talk does not have the ability to block any call which mentions Talktalk, router or any other word. My sonr has bought me a BT8600 for Xmas. You can put numbers on your pass list. If not on the list the caller will be asked to give some details and you will be asked to accept the call or reject it. If yes it will be added to your accept list. If no it will be added to your blocked list.