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.

I get them too quite frequently.

I think sometimes pay phones get your number stuck in their memory when they go wrong.

How would this happen, will it stop. It is the same 0845 number, anyway of tracing it?

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.

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.

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.

Which number? 0845 .. or 0800 7383773 (REVERSE)

Unfortunately, 0800Reverse allows users to dial a freephone number to access their 'service' (they make money by the receiver being charged £3.48 when they accept the call [plus 50p per minute thereafter]).

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).