A new one for me..

I have had one similar for many weeks. Appeared to have stopped now.
Mine was also scottish sounding. One £300 and one for I think it was £1000. From an american company?
We dont really have dealings much with american companies, and certainly not the company quoted. Also nowadays, figures are more likely to be £999.99 or something. So I was suspcious from the start.
Over several weeks, with the exact same figures each time, well it is obviously fake.

I’ve had an email from stamps kittl about student loan forgiveness.

I’d get 2/3 of these calls a week I’m very happy now my landline has been disconnected at my request and I’m over £50 a month better off. Win win!

I’m looking to swap phone/broadband soon tanith. I wasn’t aware you could have the internet without a landline. I shall do some research.

I keep getting similar calls too it used to be 'bank security' calling and almost always 2 different charges the secondoften £1000! i just hang up now - its so annoying. Its always the land line. I've wondered about disconnecting it ( now the older generation of our families who worried about the cost of ringing mobile phones are gone) too. It would stop the double glazing sales calls too.

Georgesgran I was with BT at almost £60pm but I’ve swapped to a new Broadband provider in my area they knocked on the door several times and I said no but then offered me a deal I couldn’t refuse £1pm for a year and £25 thereafter. I was very sceptical and kept my BT for 2mths more but it works perfectly fine TV, iPad, mobile all is working fine. So landlines gone I never used it anyway and no more scam calls.

Sounds good tanith. I’m out of contract with Plusnet and it’s costing me a fortune. My own fault, because I’ve let it slide. Must get it sorted soon.

Yes you can have broadband without a phone line.

I have had several ‘phishing’ emails purportedly from BT which I have reported to them. More concerning are the data breaches which seem to be so common these days. DD’s work insurance company has been breached and they have given them access to Experian for a year to check for fraud attempts. Five different apps. have asked me to change my password because of data breaches. All genuine. ( I never do it from the notification, just from the main website).

Margiknot,
you don't have to get rid of the land-line to avoid scam calls.
i have not had any scam calls since i bought BT call guardian hand sets.
i got them from robert dyas, but they are widely available elsewhere.
and you don't have to be a BT customer.
the magic is in the handset, there is no subscription fee, as long as you have caller ID, which nearly everyone does now.
unknown callers are intercepted and asked to identify themselves, which you then hear and can accept or not.
then you can choose to always, or never accept that caller, or continue to decide each time they ring.

I just don’t pick up, if it’s a number I don’t recognise.

i wouldn't risk doing that as occasionally it's something health related or a real official, esp now when so many health things are contracted out.

Thanks Welbeck- we don't have caller ID so I will look into call guardian phones.

I still have old friends who only call my landline so feel obliged to keep it.
Maybe there's a way of linking it to my mobile?
I wish I knew

Another question: I had a text message today telling me to keep an appointment at the EE shop in Edinburgh.
There was a link which I haven't clicked on.
I am wary of everything these days. Am I right to be?

The text was from BT_retail
I was told to bring my passport and driving licence for ID.
Do I smell a rat?

Sounds a bit odd. Are you with EE? Nothing to stop you going to the shop if you’re in Edinburgh anyway, I suppose!

I think I'll ignore it. I am with EE but bring driver's licence and passport along with debit card!
Why would they write to me? Phoning would be more obvious.

At least if you spoke to someone it would be a chance to report the scam. You're very wise not to click on the link though. I'm like you, wary of everything!

Bt are now linked with EE.
maybe they are launching something special there, and it's an advertising ploy, hoping to get you to take out a newer, better, = more money for them, contract.
hence the need for ID, so you can sign up on the spot.
before you think better of it.

I shall delete it. Thanks for your replies.

Some Far Eastern female is of the opinion that there is a problem with our BT broadband, she very very insistent. She didn't sound very impressed when I told her that we don't currently have BT broadband but as we were actually thinking about moving over to BT could she write to us and explain any potential problems that we might encounter if we did so. Suddenly, she didn't want to talk to us any longer.

I never answer my phone. I let my answer machine take over. Friends and genuine callers start a message, and I pick up. Cold callers never do.

I get a lot of these scam calls and emails and I don’t even have a landline,
I block them straight away now

Our landline hasn't worked for years but we have kept it as its part of a package as it wouldn't save us anything by getting it cut off. I use the number when I have to fill in anything online which insists unnecessarily on a phone number, and which no doubt will result in phone cold callers. To callers it apparently sounds as though it's ringing, so it will keep some cold callers at bay, thinking they'll get an answer eventually. Haha!