Telemarketer
18 days ago
Claimed to be only conducting market research so TPS didnt apply
Community overview
Community rating:
Mixed
4 user reports
First reported 20 Jul 2026
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Last reported
18 days
ago
About this number
Number formats
- UK format: 0161 543 1538
- International: +44 161 543 1538
Number details
- Number type: Landline
- Number range allocated to: Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
- Area: Manchester
- Area code: 0161
Recent activity
UK visits
User Reports
Last 30 days: 163 UK visits and 3 public reports.
User Reports (4)
Unknown Caller
26 days ago
Asked if we would like to do a survey on our water supply but you can't be too careful these days so we hung up.
Unknown Caller
29 days ago
I picked up phone,and didn’t speak it was just silent with no one speaking on the other end for 2 minutes when I got bored and hung up, we are ex directory but still get numerous unwanted calls 🤷♂️
Spam
2 months ago
Someone about water. Not sure - hung up, sounded like a pre recorded message, someone called Brenda at 730pm at night
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