Call From Seimens

[DSJ]

Has anyone received an automated call from someone purporting to work for Seimens? We have received two today and believe that they are scams.

[VHG]

I treat every phone call I get nowadays as suspicious (unless it is from someone I know).

What were the calls about, a job?

The Siemens web site does have details of fake emails that look like they are from Siemens but are of course fake. No mention of phone calls.

More here

http://www.siemens.co.uk/en/news_press/index/news_archive/siemens-job-offers-scam.htm

[Buenchico]

What were the calls (allegedly?) about?

Siemens are responsible for meter reading across most of the East Midlands, East Anglia, South East and North West England. So if, for example, they've experienced problems accessing your electricity or gas meter, they may well want to contact you.

However if the caller has told you that, for example, Siemens are working on behalf of Microsoft to fix a problem on your computer, then it's obviously a scam.

More information, please!

[DSJ]

The calls we about pensions. We don't have pensions through Seimens. The recorded message (a woman's voice) spoke so quickly that it was very difficult to pick up on what it was saying. We were told to press button 5 etc. etc. My husband took one call, I took the other, & we did not press any button. When we did not respond, the phone was replaced at the other end.

[Buenchico]

It's either a scam or just an unsolicited advertising call. Did you dial 1471?

[VHG]

There are scammers around who phone people at random and try to get them to move or tranfers their pension to another company.

There is a bit about it here

http://www.independent.co.uk/money/pensions/scam-alert-fsa-warns-on-pension-release-6278202.html

It seems you are keeping them at arms length, but dont give them any encouragement as they will promise all sorts of great "profits" but you may lose the lot.

Treat them as you would a criminal.

[DSJ]

No, didn't dial 1471. We ignored these calls & we will ignore future calls. It is just such a 'bloomin' nuisance.

[johnk]

Best way to get off their list is not to hang up but put the phone to one side and leave it. They can't call anyone else until you hang up so they quickly stop bothering you.

[DSJ]

That's a good idea. I often do this with other nuisance calls but wasn't sure if it would work with an automated one.