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Missee the call but beeb getting these strange calls lately
Claimed to contacting me about fraud on my credit card.
Reported caller: Tesco Bank
Initially purported to be from Barclaycard but then the FCA. Said an attempt had been made to purchase items from my...
Reported caller: Barclaycard and Financial Conduct Authority.
WhatsApp message with authentication code that looks dodgy
Reported caller: N/a
The accent was too thick to comprehend. Sounded Indian and I could only understand it was supposedly "Sky" calling. I...
Reported caller: Sky broadband
Tell phone contact running out
Reported caller: Three phone company
Wanted to know my d.o.b and bank details
Reported caller: Rbs
They were pretending they are 3 mobile network.
Reported caller: 3
Nothing then line went dead
Didn’t answer
Reported caller: Didn’t answer
They call phone ring just once no time to answer.
Recruitment spam call
They were calling me saying they were from the Consett police re a very disturbing fb page that had been circulating...
Reported caller: Consett police
Hung up when I wouldn’t say who I was(I was silent
Reported caller: Telemarketing, not sales
When I refused to reply hung up and immediately called from a Manchester number
Reported caller: Life insurance telemarketer called Gareth
asked me to say yes or no to a life insurance question. When I went silent, they called me stupid and dumb and hung...
Reported caller: Life insurance telemarketer called gareth
Silence
Didn’t answer. Suspected spam
Answerd the call noone spoke then cut the call off
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