Accidents Helpline cold caller told me to get fucked!

[Primafacie]

AIBU to post this here to name and shame that company?

They are calling us all the time. We have tried everything - humour, politeness, hanging up. This time I just lost it, and told the guy " I don't know how to impress on you that we don't want you calling. We don't even have a car. Please put your boss on the line so I can get my message across". To which he replied "Fuck you!", and hung up.

Smooth. Very smooth.

Gah. I was having a good day so far.

[NetballHoop]

I've just had an idea.

Has anyone tried asking them for a number to call then back on? You could sound all interested then say you have to pop out but will call then back.

Once you've got a few numbers all you need to do when you get a call is to ask then to call you back in 10 minutes and give them the other scammer's number.

We could even share a list of numbers here.

[FishesTit]

We bought the BT call blocking phone about a year ago and have only managed to let one spam call slip through. Bloody godsend our house is now very peaceful!

[daisychain01]

This is a great thread!

We have started to research into the legal situation on nuisance calls and found out that the company that keeps ringing us up many times a week has already been fined a 6 figure sum for invasion of privacy and malpractice. I will have to find out the name of the company, it's on the BBC website. Also the regulatory body where to direct complaints. You need to make sure you get them to tell you their company name, before you tell them to f-off!

The mistake we made was to select a "recycled" phone number from our service provider because it was a more memorable number than the pristine number they wanted to give us. Unfortunately the number is still associated with the previous owners who must have had a load of loans, because we get hounded by PPI Claims companies etc. Telephone numbers end up on massive marketing databases that are sold to off-shore service provider. It's a losing battle

Hateful people! I used to think "poor people, they have to make a living". Now I just think they are evil, hard-faced abusers of our phone number, invading our privacy.

[Gruntfuttock]

Why do people keep bumping zombie threads?

[BoreOfWhabylon]

I've had the Windows PC scam calls a few times. I usually tell them I know it is a scam and they should be ashamed of themselves, then hang up.

Last time, he rang back and called me a cunt

[Gruntfuttock]

We've been registered with the TPS for ages, but have been getting so many calls from overseas that we just leave them all for the answerphone now. We always dial 1471 afterwards to make sure it wasn't anyone we know, as a lot of people don't like answerphones, and on the rare occasions there is a phone number I check it on whocallsme.com.