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just had about my 5th 01113 call in 3 days, so annoying, i dont pick up landline, so they are not connecting, surely BT can stop them

I have been getting these calls a lot, it rings 3 times then goes dead. getting really fed up of them. any ideas.

got a call today  when i  answered no one was there dialed 1471 and it came back as 01113  tried dialing it back and was connecting ..prob some marketing reseach had real problem with them few weeks back to  which i ended up hangin up on them as they  woudl not take no  for an answer and that  i  wasnt the person they  were looking for in first  place!

Just had my 17th 01113 call.  I answered it and the usual (according to reports above) Asian operator asked for a person who no longer lived here, again.  As soon as I told them that person no longer lives here, they instantly and ignorantly hung up.  

I was at least expecting something in the order of 'free Internet providings with free ring-dings all for the low price of forty pounds for the first month and then fourteen pounds a week for the following six months to enable me to get my one free ring-ding of my choice'.

Pah!  They obviously don't watch FoneJacker.

Next time, I'll put my child's electronic parrot next to the phone so everything THEY say will get fed back to them one second later.  Now THAT won't be on their script!

Preferably with a gallon of petrol too!

11 May 2010 - Same as James. The phone rang at 12:30 for a few seconds, displaying 01113, then went dead. ? ? ?

I have two calls today, one from 01113 and the other from 0301.

Received a call from this number today. Asian lady stated that she was calling from Newcastle Council. She then continued to ask me questions regarding our finances, insurance and home improvements, all of which I refused to answer and I would think our local council have no interest in. I asked agin who she was calling from and she stated Tyne and Wear County Council, which does not exist. I told her she was dishonest and that her organisation were paying her to lie to people then hung up. 5 minutes later I picked up the phone to make a call and she was still there! We have had loads of calls from this number, most of which we ignore or fend off and the calls come later and later in the evening. Am sick of this invation of our privacy and these calls waking up our children!! Surely something can be done to stop them??

After several silent calls I managed to get to speak to one of the Asians who claimed he was ringing from the Philippines. Shame he didn't know about Manila. After engaging with him in a bit of chat he told me they were doing market research for some leading companies.such as SKY. He the started the less than subtle sales pitch for home improvements etc. One of the early ones was for home insulation. This was just enough to leave a clue. Next day a call from a British call centre with an identical lead in to the home insulation sales patter. When I asked her if they were using Lifestyle Research she denied it and said they bought their database from a company whose name she didn't have but gave a phone number which of course did not exist.  When I asked for her company name so that I could request the Information Commissioner carry out an assessment of their compliance with the Data Protection Act she suddenly disappeared. Good scam. have the cheap Indians do the cold calling and a higher paid British rep follow up any possible chances - illegally!.

I keep getting called by 01113. Each time I do answer there seems to be a delay in them talking. They always ask for Dorothy Patterson - no idea who she is. Generally Indian accent calling but when I say she doesn't live here they try and get my name.  This has been going on for over a year.

Unable to call number back,BT say not recognised.

Has anyone else tried ringing this Terry guy? I just did, he answers himself. I didn't say anything and he put phone down after few moments of silence. How do we know it's him behind it?

Emailing BBC watchdog is a good idea.

Got a call today asking for Mr Carr . I told them Im not missing my car and its parked outside they got so confushed they put the phone down.

Someone called me on this afterwards I called 1471 Number not reconised

I had a call from this number at 18.46

Earlier in the day I'd had a call from a company called Nationwide about a 'Consumer Survey' in which I said that I wanted no one to contact me about anything...and insisted that I had no Financial Problems nor did I Smoke, Drink, Gamble or have Sex (OK, I lied about the last one but I didn't want a free condom ring)

Anyway, the guy said he doesn't have any intention of calling me back, and now these guys call me back, kind of on approval from the previous number. [***].

Rushed out of the bath to answer this call only to find an American sounding voice saying they were doing an Opinion Poll.   Told them my number was a preference number so it was illegal for them to call it and hung up.

Annonying as hell. No way for any group of professionals to act, or aspire to be associated with. Whatever your role if you choose to align yourself with this company, you are associated by the good and the bad.

Seeing as I did NOT sign up for any competition, or anything else, but continue to be harrassed by the company (and it is harrassment by any definition), I have taken the liberty to search for the said competition, and fill in the names and numbers of some of the local branch managers (ie store numbers). I have also attempted to put the number they are calling from lol and the free number...don't think it will work - whether they will have an automated filter, or just some non-brain dead staff - but the point is...anyone can put anyone elses random number into databases...

no answer just abuzzing noise

I have recently had calls from 01113, 01115, 01118 and today 01229. I was out on all occassions except the 01118 number. When I answered, an Asian man said he was calling regarding an "infection" on my computer and asked me to log on and click on "My Computer". I refused and hung up. These calls are very unsettling.

Got a call from this number about ten minutes ago. After rushing upstairs to get the phone and seeing the number I was ready to have a go at them so I answered and all I got was Christmas music playing down the phone. After thirty seconds I hung up.

...I've had a few of these annoying calls that no one answers when you pick up the phone and have reported it to B.T. a few minutes ago...Let's hope we can stop these nuisance callers P.D.Q.

Re silent calls ... according to tpsonline.org.uk (the Telephone Preference Service) on their FAQ page, silent calls are generated from the use of 'automated diallers'. When these are incorrectly set, more numbers are dialled than there are operators available to take the calls. TPS also say there is a separate service called Silent CallGard. You can register with them by calling 0844 3722325.