Spam calls

[Av Gorritt]

Just a thought - who benefits , and how , from the landline calls that click off as you pick up the phone . I can see that if you actually answered it , you might be connected to a premium line , but when it clicks off , what then ? I've had a few lately that when I " 1471" them , they come up as one of those "non- determinate area" prefixes that you might think are UK based , but if you don't answer then I really don't see the benefit ,but I suppose somebody (apart from the block number seller) must benefit . Who ?

 

[Highland Mule]

Nobody, but sometimes they will have a person free to talk to you - lines are cheap and people less so, so they dial a whole chunk of people in advance of a call centre person being free that way the con artists don't have to wait for you to answer.

 

[Av Gorritt]

O-h-h-h! Right then . I couldn't make out what it was all about .

 

[firemanben]

Keep 'em talking, the more you waste their time the less time they have to con vulnerable people

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Keep 'em talking, the more you waste their time the less time they have to con vulnerable people

I seem to get a few “AI” type spam calls now on my mobile trying to ambulance chase me on some mythical accident I never was involved with.

Wouldn’t it be great if someone managed to get two spam AIs “cross-talking” to one another, literally tying themselves in knots cross selling PPI and accident claims to themselves