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Offline simonpolly

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I’ve had about five phone calls from an international call centre in the last two days asking how we receive our TV signal, all say once we complete the survey the phone calls will stop. Is this a well known scam ?,obviously I don’t give them any information and am registered with the TPS on my phone line.
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Re: Cold callers phoning up and asking how you receive you TV signal
« Reply #1 on: 06 September 2011, 12:38 »
tell them to farck orf!

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Re: Cold callers phoning up and asking how you receive you TV signal
« Reply #2 on: 06 September 2011, 12:40 »
i always pretend to be a jahovas witness and turn it around on them  :laugh:

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Re: Cold callers phoning up and asking how you receive you TV signal
« Reply #3 on: 06 September 2011, 12:48 »
I tell them they've come through to air traffic control and we only receive radar.
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Re: Cold callers phoning up and asking how you receive you TV signal
« Reply #4 on: 06 September 2011, 14:13 »
or do what my gf's mum and dad do and turn speaker on then put it next to tv, then they start talking to the tv  :grin: :grin:
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Re: Cold callers phoning up and asking how you receive you TV signal
« Reply #5 on: 06 September 2011, 15:06 »
tell them to farck orf!

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Re: Cold callers phoning up and asking how you receive you TV signal
« Reply #6 on: 06 September 2011, 15:12 »
tell them to farck orf!
:grin: i do i was just wondering how come they have started pestering us,we will just ignore any international calls from now on,i think its a scam involving sky box maintenance contracts.
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Re: Cold callers phoning up and asking how you receive you TV signal
« Reply #7 on: 06 September 2011, 17:47 »
I've started getting vodaphone ring me every hour or so the last couple of days, dunno where they got my number from or why they have suddenly decided to start ringing me, starting to get annoying though (im on virgin)
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Re: Cold callers phoning up and asking how you receive you TV signal
« Reply #8 on: 06 September 2011, 19:28 »
best thing to do is say someones at the door and leave them on hold for ages, they'll soon get the hint.

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Re: Cold callers phoning up and asking how you receive you TV signal
« Reply #9 on: 06 September 2011, 20:13 »
or do what i did once.

said that your in the middle of looking how to make scrambled eggs for your dinner and ask them if they know how and you will answer there questions, then when they quickly say shuv a egg and milk in pan and stir start asking questions, once had someone talking for 4 mins about  how to make scrambled eggs before they hung up.

or do what my mate did and talk in a foreign language