Increase in Spam Calls that spoof UK numbers. (Diesel claim, robocalls)

[BrAinZ]

Over the last few weeks I’ve started to get unwanted spam phone calls to my mobile on Three. I’ve had the occasional one previous, but now I’m getting 5-6 per day.

All the numbers “look” legit, as if they are from numbers in various towns around the UK. The few that I have answered (as I was expecting real calls back) have almost certainly been from call centres abroad, despite the UK numbers showing.

Sometimes when I’ve answered, the phone just goes dead, so obviously robocalls. One call was obviously from a foreign call centre abroad but started talking about diesel claims.

I thought that network providers were supposed to block calls from abroad that spoof UK numbers?

Anyone else having this problem?

Any solutions?

PS. I have registered my number with the TPS service a few years ago.

[JadeF]

Hey @BrAinZ 

I can appreciate these calls are far from ideal. 

Just like @MZone has mentioned you can report these calls by texting the word CALL followed by the number of the nuisance caller to 7726.

You can also find more information on how to deal with these type of calls here.

Jade

[BrAinZ]

Thanks for the info, I will report them all going forward to see if it helps.

[MZone]

Forward the message or phone number to 7726