Said that they were calling about my mobile contract - said I don't have one and then they started to try to find out what network I was with. I called them out as cold callers and hung up.
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Same as the other reports here, fake Mobile sales.
Couldnt understand callers accent as it was ethnic. Answered call but didnt speak let them start talking, then hung up.
Said they were calling from Tesco Mobile and provided me with a cheaper contract and asked for email address which they tried to log on as I received a single sign on use code to my email.
my name is John i am from EE I don't think so i hung up
Said he was Harry from EE. Then garbled a message about 5g. I hung up
As above, "Hi, we're from EE, your mobile provider", no you're not.
Said they were from re and were my mobile phone provider. They are not.
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Number details
- Number type: Landline
- Number range allocated to: Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
- Area: Gravesend
- Area code: 01474