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0800 Reverse Strange Calls
Help needed here folks and this is getting ridiculous. We keep receiving a reverse charge call and I have just received 2 at this time 01:20. When I hang up and dial 1471 it's an 0845 number. It's getting ridiculous now and I don't know how we can stop it. This is the 3rd time this week as I understand.
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I get them too quite frequently.
I think sometimes pay phones get your number stuck in their memory when they go wrong. |
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How would this happen, will it stop. It is the same 0845 number, anyway of tracing it?
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Only way is to get caller display and not bother to answer it.
I think the only way round it is to do call barring. Is this the number? 0845 0 779 000 A lot of the time its kids. Have a listen to see how childish the voice is. |
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no the number is 0845 685 3000. I've done a google search and it's some sort of scam via reverse charge. There is no voice it says "Good Morning this is 0800 Reverse, You have a call waiting on the line from ....... to accept the charges press (w/e)" I hung up after that and done 1471 hence why I got the number. But this is seriously freaking me out especially at 01.20 in the morning. I am a sort of panic merchant you see
and it sort of creeps me out lol.
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Must be more than one scam about. As it says same thing for the number I listed.
If it freaks you out bar the number. |
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Which number? 0845 .. or 0800 7383773 (REVERSE)
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Originally Posted by musiclover18
Help needed here folks and this is getting ridiculous. We keep receiving a reverse charge call and I have just received 2 at this time 01:20. When I hang up and dial 1471 it's an 0845 number. It's getting ridiculous now and I don't know how we can stop it. This is the 3rd time this week as I understand.
As could be expected, the freephone access attracts idiots, drunks and juveniles. Please see post #2 in THIS MSE THREAD for details a very simple method of barring your number from receiving 0800Reverse calls. It will not bar access to the old-fashioned BT version (via the operator) but they're not usually problematical (although a minimum call charge of £4.50 appplies). |
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and it sort of creeps me out lol.
