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Latest telephone scam I have received.

(27 Posts)
Judy54 Mon 23-Nov-20 14:18:26

I received a call (not recorded) from someone who said "Hello my name is Simon and I am returning your call about the government's initiative for loft insulation" Well that's a new one on me! Of course I put the phone down but clearly the aim was to get me to say " No I never called you" and he could then go into his spiel about " Oh there must be some mistake, can you give me your name, while you are on the phone let me tell you how we can help etc" It's bad enough getting recorded nuisance calls but this is low level to indicate that you have left a message to be called back. Be aware!

Ramblingrose22 Thu 25-Mar-21 15:54:12

I've had some recorded ones - really annoying as I sometimes like to appear interested.

I always ask who they want to speak to and to give a name. As they've often used machines that dial random numbers. They usually can't answer and carry on with their script.

I carry on asking who they want to speak to and they eventually ring off.