sodabubble
Well-Known Member
Phone scams are nothing new in any industry. Indeed it is not unheard of for people to call us pretending to be firemen, or policeman, and wanting us to advertise in some fake newsletter. Buut heres what happened to me and this is how you can take the power back.
It started at the beginning of the week, a guy claiming to be a policeman rang me up wanting me cash. I refused and hung up. I rang the local police station for them to verify his name, which of course came back as false. He rang me again, this time getting a bit more agro.
Then he started ringing my landline. He now tells me that he knows my name and address!
The calls become threatening. I feel a bit scared. I ring the police who are logging these kind of complaints. I then ring BT - they say they cannot trace past calls, BUT they can trace future ones!
I now have the trace set up on my line (all for free) and am in total control of which calls I trace and which I don't. BT send me a form each time I report an abusive call from the fake police and tell me the number is always the same and they have passed details onto the police.
Please be aware geeks that yes, we all get sick of telesales calls, and yes most of the time they just give up and go away. But we DO NOT have to put up with abusive and threatening calls from people pretending to be policemen!
It started at the beginning of the week, a guy claiming to be a policeman rang me up wanting me cash. I refused and hung up. I rang the local police station for them to verify his name, which of course came back as false. He rang me again, this time getting a bit more agro.
Then he started ringing my landline. He now tells me that he knows my name and address!
The calls become threatening. I feel a bit scared. I ring the police who are logging these kind of complaints. I then ring BT - they say they cannot trace past calls, BUT they can trace future ones!
I now have the trace set up on my line (all for free) and am in total control of which calls I trace and which I don't. BT send me a form each time I report an abusive call from the fake police and tell me the number is always the same and they have passed details onto the police.
Please be aware geeks that yes, we all get sick of telesales calls, and yes most of the time they just give up and go away. But we DO NOT have to put up with abusive and threatening calls from people pretending to be policemen!
