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said calling from dwp for a survey - we are an estate agent sounded kind of automated ? politely declined but was persistant, called back twice after hanging up - left on mute kept saying hello and then hung up eventually

I was contacted by someone claiming to be from the Department for Work and Education regarding an apprenticeship survey/service. I was told participation was voluntary, so I politely declined as we are a chauffeuring company and do not wish to spend time on voluntary surveys or services that are not relevant to our business. Unfortunately, the first caller became annoyed and quite rude when I declined. The second caller was more polite but remained very persistent, continuing to ask for reasons despite my having already made it clear that I did not wish to participate. If something is genuinely voluntary, people should be able to decline without being pressured to explain why. Please respect people's time and decisions.

Guy called "Mark" saying he was from DWP on behalf of Skills England don't think these Dept's are linked. I asked him for email verification. He rung off then rung back saying he was having trouble with their email system! Clearly scammers

Said from DWP and wanted to speak to a manager so put on hold, went back to call and he then said was from department of education

They called and said they are from DWP, beware they are scammers

I received a call this morning from a lady saying dwp lol…they write to us on a regular basis! So it’s a big no and block them please..

Called to ask for someone who hadn't worked with us for over 3 years, then wanted to know who looked after all of our staff on one site but then put the phone down when I asked for more information

Unknown. Had a lady call saying that they were calling on behalf of the department of work and education and wanted to speak regarding training and education in the business. Wanted to speak with someone within the business who looked after training and education. I googled number and others have mentioned DWP so seems a bit odd to me.

probably a scam, a lady told me that she was calling from the government (?) and wanted to speak with a manager or senior staff member. Ignored me when I wanted to give her my email address for leaving a message

The gentleman said he is from Department for Education and Skills and has some questions to a business owner or a general manager.

wanting information regarding company vacancies, employ-ability

Guy said he was ringing from DWP asked if there was a manager here to do a short survey about recruitment. I said nobody available.

Short ring, just one beep, so looked up the number and found all these reports so clearly is a scam caller.

Said they were DWP. So obviously a scam

short ring, no proper follow-up