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They have now called me about 6 times today, the first times they just hung up, later asked for me by name, this time when i answered and asked who's calling they said it was a lifestyle marketing company and then hung up.

Yes, I am getting Indians phone me claiming to have English names, as well as the 01113 silent phone calls. Next time, I'm going to play along with it and waste their time.

i was called this evening around 6pm ish... when i answered the callconnected then went dead.... i believe as has been previously said that its a marketing trick to ensure the number is viable... either they are randomly guessing numbers ( because i am ex directory ) or bt are in bother.

Been having this call all night about 3 to 5 times with no one talking back :S im not going to answer any more :L

I rarely answer my house telephone, basically I am un-sociable, like my own company, prefer my dog to humans! lol

So thankfully I didn't answer the phone, normally I would have pretended to have sex in the background or pretend to strangle someone, as I normally do.  Just for fun...

Thanks for posting these comments guys, I would have had many, many more calls by the looks of it.  Guess we are just gonna have to ride this one out.

Take care.

I have just had my first call from this number - Indian sounding lady on the 'phone asking me if i was the owner of the house and quoting the same survey mentioned above.  Quite annoying - hope I don't get anymore.

I just received a call 5 mins ago asking for Mr John Knowles or something, and obviously no-one with that name lives here. I said wrong number, no reply so I repeated WRONG NUMBER and got hung up. Hope that's not the start of irritating calls to come?

It would appear that they're going through a list of surnames, as my surname is actually Knowles and I had a missed call from them today on my secret phone line.

had a call from some form of market research research company, Indian lady, knew my name. Told them I was busy and to please take my number off the list. 10 minutes later call again same number.

you just want to tell these people to GTF and stop pestering me from their mud huts.

Received a call from 01113 at approx 12.30 today. Have been receiving a growing number of these calls  but usually with the 1471 message ' we do not have the caller's number'. No sound on any of them.

Is there really no way these can be blocked?

Just had a call.    After the call I did 1471 and it came up with 01113.    At the start of the call they said they are Lifestyle Research Centre.   When I asked for their address they said it was Harpenden House.   I was transferred to supervisor and told him I was registered with Telephone Preference Scheme.   He apologised and said he would take my number off their list.   I asked for their full address but he hung up.

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We're getting these calls too and I can't believe you can't bar them on BT Choose to Refuse.  I contacted the TPS and got the following response:

"We would advise caution in responding to unsolicited sales and marketing telephone calls from overseas especially if they are asking you to send them money or using a premium rate phone line (numbers beginning with 09). If you are receiving unsolicited sales and marketing calls from overseas you should contact the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) who are the government body responsible for enforcing the regulation surrounding such calls. Their details are:
The Information Commissioners Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Tele: 01625 545745, Fax: 01625 524510
Email: mail@ico.gsi.gov.uk   Web: www.ico.gov.uk 

Needlesss to say I have sent an email and would suggest everyone else does the same. If they start getting emails from everyone who gets a call then they will surely have to do something!

Had a call from this company, asked them how they got my number and they
asked if I had done any online competitions recently.
I have entered ITV.COM tv show competions just before the calls started so I suspect
they are the culprits.

have had several of these calls now, and they allways ask for someone by name who lives at our address, very concerening that BT can not do anytrhing about it.
Surely in this day and age there are ways.

Got a call from 01113 today perhaps they are the same lot that bombard us with calls from 08001218148 getting fed up now.Why can't BT block these calls?
What good is it me sitting typing this if nobody does anything about it?

I've just started to get these calls today 01113 had 4 so far this afternoon lucky for me the answer phone kicks in, now i've read all these post i'll make sure i don't answer it.

Do you think if I leave these calls to go to answer machine every time, then they'll get bored and stop eventually?

Just had a call from this no but let the answer machine pick it up. However I have a panasonic Dect phone which has an "add to bar list" feature so you can block unwanted callers (once you have their no!), so check your phone to see if you have this feature!

Calls have started only this week.  On Wednesday it was 041 which appears to come from Brazil who asked to speak to the owner of the private number, so I hung up, and today 01113 but there was no-one there.  I am registered with Telephone Preference Service so how can thes calls get through?

I've started getting an 06 number, then 01113 number and now "withheld number" which rings off after 2 rings. Its getting on my nerves and I have 2 young children and also disabled. I contact sky who say I can pay £4 a month to have withheld number barring but why should I.
It should be stopped.