Hi Shaun,
Caller Display though is free from most phone providers now as I understand
it, BT, Virgin and Sky all give it for free I believe.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Shaun
Sent: 22 February 2017 14:06
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: New Form of Unwanted Telephone Scam Call
I don[t rely on tps or mps actually since as you have already discovered
cold callers know how to skirt around the system.
truecall might be a viable option since you can build a custom list of
approved telephone numbers. if you have callers who use a witheld number
truecall will also allow you to set a greeting asking the caller to identify
themselves(the speaker is then activated so that you can hear what is said
and thus have an opportunity to decide whether you want to proceeed with the
call or not). the only drawback being that , in order for truecall to work
at its best you do need to subscribe to caller display.
ATB
Shaun O'C
On 22/02/2017 10:51, John Farley (Redacted sender john_farley for DMARC)
wrote:
Hello list,
I am not sure if this is off-topic, but I am sure the moderator will
let me know if it is.
I am registered with both the Telephone Preference Service and the
Mobile Preference Service which keeps the majority of nuisance calls
from hitting me. However I do still get a number of international
calls which do get through. That is, as I understand it, because TPS
and MPS only cover calls emanating from within the UK.
Both yesterday and today I have had a call from a withheld and an
international number that claims to be working on behalf of TPS. They
claim to have been notified by my phone supplier that I have been
receiving international calls which turn out to be scams. After a few
moments of discussion with them and, of course, with no information
being given by me they have both abruptly hung up. In my view that
proves they were both scams.
So don't get caught by this new one.
I am aware that I can get things like call blockers and also units
such as true-call but I do not currently wish to do so. There are a
few people who may call the house who we do want to get through.
Regards, John
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