How keeps calling me ?

[me again]

sorry if this is in the wrong section please tell me if you think I should repost it and which section it should be in ?

Both at home and at work I keep getting calls , when I pick up the phone it goes dead !
I do 1471 and the caller number is 01234567890

I am on the tps
but I have no idea who it is but its starting to get annoying now

any ideas?

[me again]

Sorry should have been "Who Keeps Calling Me?"

[tigersam258]

Firstly I would call BT and ask them to block this number from calling you.

Secondly get yourself on the opt out scheme whereby you can opt out of being included in any directoty enquiries database. you can do this online at:

http://www.callpreventionregistry.co.uk/?gclid =CLOV-pK-qJICFQ8gQgod3w2dRw

[tiggerblue10]

I was getting abusive/prank phone calls for 2 years and I could tell who it was as they put 141 before dialling. Then one day they must have forgotten to do this and I reported the number that came up to Virgin Media (my landline) and to the police. I haven't heard from them since.

[torksey]

Many companies have call centres which have what is called predictive dailling. This means that they have an automatic dialling machine which works through a list of numbers and dials them. When you answer the call, the machine then looks to see if a call centre agent is free to speak to you. This means there may be a delay in getting the call you have anserwered connected to an agent. As a result, you here silence.

My advice is just put the phone down. You can, as a previous answerer said, contact the Telephone Protection Service (TPS) and have your number listed as one to which telesales calls are prevented. Any company who then contact you will be liable to a fine. However, it is not totally effective as the law does allow companies who have dealt with you in the past to call you through such methods.

I hope this explains it.