I am suddenly being inundated with calls claiming to be from Talktalk Technical department about a so-called problem with my computer speed. These are obviously scams as they hang up when I ask for any specific info. The majority are "Number Withheld" so I cannot call bar them and Talktalk say they cannot help with such calls. We had more than 10 calls yesterday and 3 already this morning.
Any ideas as to how to stop this?
I paid £30 ish for a call blocker phone - it is very effective and any number not in the phone's memory has to announce who they are before my phone rings. If they hang up, it doesn't ring.
Thanks for your suggestions. I have Caller ID on my phone but it is still annoying just to stop what you are doing simply to view the Caller details. There have now been 7 calls this morning. I have just discovered that I have the option of Anonymous Caller Reject on my phone which sounds the same as hc4361's suggestion. Apparently the only problem is that some larger organisations (eg NHS) use Number Withheld for calls. How much of a problem is this?
Filter these type of calls with your answering machine, if you have one. Everyone I am contact with, now knows to say his or her name as soon as the machine answers, when I will then pick. If not, then I ignore the call.
we have BT call guardian. the phone system is a BT8600. cost about £50. any calls not on the list cannot get through. scam calls have reduced to zero. worth every penny.