Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
 

Lol @ Kymmy, i'm currently in Bedford as i work in this hell hole, if that number is linked to an address here, someone give me it and i'll pay them a visit lol :)

Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
 

LOL, I'm only about 11 miles south :p:

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Doing a google it seems as though the number is also associated with a few scam callers (fake council tax refunds and also charging £25 to stop sales calls for 7 years)

Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
 

I'm pretty well up on spoofing all things IT, being in the trade, but I just can't get my head around the possibility of spoofing a 'phone number. How is that possible?

Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
 

Spoofing the sender number on SMS is dead easy, but I dont think you can do it for speech calls.

Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
 

You can on a VOIP line, at least with some providers. They allow you to set the outgoing number.

Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
 

:banghead: Of course, that makes sense. I missed that one. Cheers, DG.

Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
 

After getting a constant stream of scam/spam calls, despite being registered with TPS, I invested in a device that intelligently blocks this stuff (the Truecall device). I've not been bothered since.

It's a bit pricey, but it works very well indeed.

Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
 

Sad though when we have to pay money to stop illegal calls :(

Re: 01234567898 - Can I Block It?
 

Indeed.

If it was just me I'd put the phone on the side and let them wait until they got fed up. However, I work away from home a fair bit and wouldn't want my wife worrying about late-night calls or calls claiming to be from Microsoft with warnings about an infection on my PC, etc, etc...

I even had one from, presumabley, a debt collector asking about one of my neighbours (they had the cheek to get quite shirty when I told them to bugger off!).

The call blocker device now stops everything stone dead. It's a pity that functionality couldn't be built-in to telephone services.