01138874760

Received unsolicited claiming to represent 'M and S', threatening that if i did not comply with their demands 'more action would follow'.  Since I do not owe anyone any money the call was offensive.  It also was not a 'live' call as the message was pre-recorded and timed to start as the receiver was lifted.  Attempts to call back go unheeded.

Same as James, no idea who these people are, very aggressive recorded call. Sounded like a debt collector of some kind. I have no debt so ..... reported to ICO

It's MMF (Motor Mile Finance), they're a debt collection agency. I answered their pre-recorded message & hung up before it finished; shortly after ending the call I received a text stating unless I contact them immediately, a representative will attend my property unannounced. Ooh I'm quaking in my boots!!

Call from 01138874760 about home security I called back twice was put on hold twice I hung up each occasion

Old scam - after your data to sell onto other criminals who disregard the law. Just hang up. Good reporting them to the ICO. You don't even need to know their name, just their number. The criminal fraudsters like Anthony Simister who run scams like TAPA like to plant stooges on these forums to discourage honest folk from contacting the ICO or Ofcom. Ignore them. Data criminals don't want the hassle, bad publicity or fines, and have big payoffs to make to stay in business. Pay them back with hassle.  I've bookmarked the ICO complaint form and report each and every call now via the form on www.ico.gov.uk :
https://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=134674895144

Here's the latest fine for a dodgy company caught with its trousers down and breaking the law:

http://www.ico.gov.uk/news/latest_news/2013.aspx

News release: 20 March 2013

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served a monetary penalty of £90,000 to a company that has blighted the public with thousands of unwanted marketing calls.

DM Design, based in Glasgow, has been the subject of nearly 2,000 complaints to the ICO and the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). The company consistently failed to check whether individuals had opted out of receiving marketing calls – in clear breach of the law - and responded to just a handful of the complaints received.

In one instance an employee refused to remove a complainant’s details from the company’s system and instead threatened to “continue to call at more inconvenient times like Sunday lunchtime”.

The monetary penalty is the first the ICO has issued for a serious breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) relating to live marketing calls. This latest penalty comes after the joint owners of a company, which was responsible for sending hundreds of thousands of spam texts, received penalties totalling £440,000 in November last year.

The ICO has informed two more companies that it is intending to impose significant penalties over breaches of the law, with a final decision likely in the coming weeks. A further ten companies are subject to ongoing investigation for cold-calling and sending spam text messages.

Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said:

“Today’s action sends out a clear message to the marketing industry that this menace will not be tolerated. This company showed a clear disregard for the law and a lamentable attitude toward the people whose day they were disturbing. This is not good enough.

“This fine will not be an isolated penalty. We know other companies are showing a similar disregard for the law and we’ve every intention of taking further enforcement action against companies that continue to bombard people with unlawful marketing texts and calls.

“All of this work has been made possible thanks to the information we are receiving from the public, which has assisted our investigation team in identifying the companies making these calls.”

View a copy of the DM Design monetary penalty notice

The ICO and OFCOM, who are responsible for regulating silent calls, work closely together and will be publishing an open letter to the marketing industry reminding companies that they must comply with the legal and regulatory measures in place. Failure to do so will lead to enforcement action, with the ICO able to issue penalties of up to £500,000 for serious breaches of the PECR, and OFCOM having the power to issue penalties of up to £2,000,000 over breaches of rules linked to abandoned and silent calls.

The ICO has setup a online reporting tool which people can use to send us the details of any unwanted marketing texts and calls. View the reporting tool, which has already received nearly 140,000 responses since it was setup in March last year.



Notes to Editors

1. The Information Commissioner’s Office upholds information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.

2. The ICO has specific responsibilities set out in the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003.

3. The ICO is on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and produces a monthly e-newsletter.

4. The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 support the Data Protection Act by regulating the use of electronic communications, including live and automated marketing calls and marketing text messages. The ICO has the power to issue monetary penalties up to £500,000 for serious breaches of the regulations.

5. OFCOM is responsible for regulating abandoned and silent calls under the Communications Act 2003. OFCOM has the power to serve persistent offenders with financial penalties up to £2,000,000 pounds.

had 2 calls in a week from this number 01138874760 its a leeds number. very nasty recorded message.

had phone call today where they left voice mail stating that someone is about to visit my property. couldn't make out who the company was...bad aggressive message, have reported to ICO..

Since I got a new SIM card I have been plagued by endless calls for a certain male individual who I have never heard of.  He may have once had this SIM but he has no connection to me.  I received a call this morning from this number.  I answered it 'Hello' as it wasn't a number I recognised and there was a pause and then what sounded like the beginning of a recorded message "This is an urgent message for Mr. P. XXXXX....................."  I ended the call.
I had contacted answered a previous call and told them I had no connection with the person they were trying to contact and she said she would take my number off their records.  I think this might be a different company but I am still being bothered by rubbish callers.  As the name they are trying to contact is a very simple name I wonder if even that is a hoax just to get speaking.  This is only since I changed network too!

Yet another recorded message call today from 0113 8874760 - but the message started before I could get good enough reception to speak.  I think the message would still have played but it would have been a small chance of getting someone to remove my new mobile number from their records - although I know they may ignore my request anyway.

I've looked at reporting it in other ways but it's too involved and really applies to people who have debt problems and are having problems with 'their' dealings with 'their' debt recovery situation plus, as I found out before that this is a debt recovery firm and I have no debt so it can't be me they are after (and I am not the person they ask for in their messages).  Also, the web links for this number suggest this firm could be based in Delhi and I won't call them in case the number which looks like a Nottingham number could be charged as a call to Delhi!

Even the Vodafone customer services site is no help as they want you to go through hoops to report the calls and they will only do something about it if three complaints are registered.  i still think it might be better if Vodafone give me a new number but haven't yet asked that question.

Pre recorded message from MMF/MMS on 01138876876 saying that they would be giving me a "Home Visit" so I called them back giving Reference number they left. I wouldn't give my name and the guy became very angry. They didn't know who I was or my address when I asked so don't know how they are going to find me to collect a debt I don't have. Bring it on MMF or whatever you call yourselves