The problem is all the nuisance calls we get are either 'number withheld' or 'international'. We are on the telephone preference service list so all well organised reputable companies do not call us. That just leaves the scammers.
I did have a bit of a giggle last week. An ambulance chasing site rang me about injuries in a car accident in the last three years. I said firmly, and correctly that I had not had any accident, motor or otherwise, in the last three years. The caller seemed be perplexed and I rang off.
It occurred to me afterwards that DD, who shares my first name, did have a serious road accident 18 months ago. However, while I am called by my first name in full DD has always been known by a diminutive of it and she only ever writes her full name on the most official of official forms. I presume the company, or whoever provides the lists, had the information provided from the police/hospital/insurance forms and as our surname is not that common had no difficulty in tracking that name down - except that it was me not my daughter.
I am not going to enlighten them, firstly because DD's compensation is being dealt with quietly and responsibly by a local firm of solicitors and secondly because DD works in the tv industry and in her job sees so many of these adverts that in the aftermath of the accident she became/is absolutely paranoid about being contacted by these firms and only agreed to make her reasonable claim because a close friend, a solicitor, told her she had a well based claim and I promised to find a firm of solicitors that would deal with her case quietly and without writing up her injuries for maximum compensation.
