02031035180

Amen to Alan! :0

not Mensa in here is it

So whats your qualifications and amazing career then alan? can't be that intense if you have this much time on your hands

thank you adam. found your comments very helpful and the links do prove who first assist are. cheers

actually sadie this site is to check who is phonin you not a site for hate mongering of people who work in call centres. why are still talking bout this anyway the links are on the halifax website!

I think a pertinent point to raise is this: the people who work on behalf of the Halifax KNOW the service is legitimate, and is actually very valuable to a lot of people. One gets the impression that many on here are merely speculating. No service is right for everyone but the Accident Plan is a good service, say, for the self employed who don't receive sick pay if they have an accident, or people with families. One only has to look at the example of the chap who signed up for the plan and was dubious, but then received all the documentation in the post, as promised, and when his wife had an accident, everything was done to the letter, as promised. Essentially, the plan is a good one, and is legitimate. My question is why nobody looks at the online links which have been provided?

I have read all the comments tonight after googling the number everyone is talking about as it rang my phone.

Ok here are my thoughts on this whether it is legitimate or not, and I don't actually believe it is!!!

1) nobody should be harrassed by constant phone calls especially silent ones. I had a number ring my phone at my last house everyday for months and months and it used to ring two or three times between 4.30 and 5.30pm. It is unproffessional, desperate behaviour.

2) If these people genuinely work for a legitimate call centre then the level of illiteracy from some of them is very scary indeed because sales or not, at the end of the day you are asking for people's information to input on to a computer and I am afraid i would not trust you to enter my information onto a computer because one typing error could lead to my sensitive information being sent/given out to a wrong house number, postcode even perhaps a wrong name or god know's what else.

3) I hate call centres anyway because most of the time the headsets they use are crap and you can't hear them and no offence but there is also nothing worse that foreigners working in a call centre with a very poor grasp of english and a heavy un-decipherable accent.

4) Calling at tea time. early evening is a pain in the rear end because people do not want to be disturbed when they have been at work all day or looking after their children all day.

5) The best way to prove legitimacy is to senbd information through the post on proper letterheaded stationery as whether the call centre people like or not, as far as we are concerned we could be talking to anyone cos you sure as hell can't prove otherwise pver the phone.

Some bloke called 'Howard' from the Halifax (Haha, coincidence?) rang me just now. Thought it was a bit fishy when he asked me my personal hobbies etc rofl

I hung up.

Same number btw

Even if 1st assist is genuine, its SOOOO F**Ing annoying to have my phone endlessly being rang. Not a good advert for your stupid firm is it? If i want an accident plan il ring up a reputable firm not one that constantly rings my phone day in day out. Genuine or not just get lost!

I work for a company that takes people details and allegedly sells them things they dont want. Its for halifax bank, 1st assist are a genuine company. But im a thief and im piggybackin on the good reputation of a bank. Then when some sap talks to me i pressure them into giving me personal information. Easy money

I had this annoying number call me over 6 times during the past two days.  I was so annoyed,I finally answered it during Home and Away (I missed the beginning due to her!) and a woman with an accent as thick as a cow pat asked me for my birth year.   I told her that I was not going to give that information out as how do I know she was from the Halifax!  Too many fraudsters!

It seems she wanted to sell me some personal injury insurance.

What has accents got to do with anything? Just because the Folkeston/Kent accent has probably been bastardised by the french/every other accent that streams over the Channel daily, doesn't mean to say that a broad accent is a hallmark of fraud. I really despair at the ignorance at some of you people. F**king Home and Away, get a f**king life you conceited moron

Eee by gum lad, i tell thee, that number hasnt rung me phone since wednesday last week. Im propper glad tha computer has finally got bored o ringin me. Am pleased as punch and it just goes t show thee, if tha ignores this bloomin number the call centre staff take note and foook orf. Good blinkin riddance ya buch of homos.

I almost wish these idiots had phoned me up i've had such good fun reading all your comments, whilst reporting another number!

Fookin cold callers, where ever they are from, whatever the fookin reason, whatever the pishy qualification or accent they have, should be thick skinned enough to take the abuse they dish out.

Oh and Sod off rupert!

Been called twice by 02031035180, it is an automated voice saying from Halifax bank of scotland, called local brnahc but not them.

i love you Fiona. If you could read you would have established that it is not cold calling. can you read?

fred what's a "buch"? were you trying to spell "bunch" by any chance? keep trying mate, you might get there.

DEAR ALL


HALIFAX MY AS*...

0203 NUMBERS OR 560 ARE NUMBERS OF BT HUB TALK SERVICE. EVERY ONE WITH BT HUB CAN MAKE CALLS WITH INTERNET.

THAT WHY VOICE IS BAD AND IT TAKES TIME TO CONNECT.

NEVER GIVE THEM ANY DETAILS.

WILL TRY TO FIN OUT FROM BT WHERE THE NUMBER IS REGISTER.

i've just had one of these calls a minute ago.  they have called a number of times over the last few days and, as per other people's experiences, have often just hung up or said a couple of words.  this time i spoke with a woman who said that she had an amazing new product and would i be interested in it although wouldn't tell me what it was unless i gave her my year of birth- no danger!  who are these people and how do they get our numbers?  is anyone actually a halifax customer or are they just cold calling?  v annoying whomever they are!!

Polly do you not listen? its a call on behalf of the halifax to let you know about a new service. to comply with Data Protection regulations, they need to establish that they are speaking to the correct person. Hence they ask for merely the YEAR that you were born. I have taken said product, and have in fact made a claim, and everything they said was carried out to the letter and i would recommend you give them a chance instead of blindly judging