topgazza
Distinguished Member
Anyone else experiencing a large increase in fake spam calls recently ? I am getting 2-3 a day but we always leave the answer phone on and no messages are left. Of course some banks don’t leave a message but they will always write if it’s urgent or text but I always check online and invariably the numbers have been reported are from India and most reports say they are from Microsoft or BT or similar.
I have started to block the area codes alone as they change the odd digit in the number to avoid whole number blocks. I’ll take the risk of the odd genuine call from towns In the future I’ve never dealt with before. Again they can always write or email if they have a genuine reason for contacting me
It’s farcical though and I have answered the odd one in the past just to wind them up. I have Apple Macs so when they rabbit on about MS support and a virus etc it’s funny when they get all angry when I call them out. Apart from blocking I don’t think there is any more useful way of dealing with them though. Especially as we don’t use our landline to make calls
I have started to block the area codes alone as they change the odd digit in the number to avoid whole number blocks. I’ll take the risk of the odd genuine call from towns In the future I’ve never dealt with before. Again they can always write or email if they have a genuine reason for contacting me
It’s farcical though and I have answered the odd one in the past just to wind them up. I have Apple Macs so when they rabbit on about MS support and a virus etc it’s funny when they get all angry when I call them out. Apart from blocking I don’t think there is any more useful way of dealing with them though. Especially as we don’t use our landline to make calls