01273743574

I had the same idiots call me I learned the following:

It appears to be a Brighton & Hove number but the branches listed down:

Lloyds TSB, 171-173 North Street, 324971
Lloyds TSB, 51-53 West Street, 324251
Lloyds TSB, Queens Road, 745187
Lloyds TSB, 1-9 Gloucester Place, 724666
Lloyds TSB, 17-19 Oxford Street, 601610
Lloyds TSB, 128 Church Road, Hove, 206248

Don't share the number after further checking the number is simply a router for call centres in India which would explain the foreign person checking though I am mythed why some people got English phone operators.

Since LloydsTSB do not have my mobile number that this number is calling, only one person other than Carphone Warehouse who sold me the phone knows the number plus the network provider, the calls can only be fraudulent. Anyone who thinks that because the number appears to be a Brighton number, it cannot be an overseas caller is mistaken. I suspect an internet to UK telephone network gateway is in use and a false caller line ID is being used. I received yet another one of these calls today but did not answer. I do not get calls on my landline or my other mobile.

I also have a direct marketing opt out though foreign callers are not bound by this and are usually frauds.

Although someone has reported this caller to LTSB, no action seems to be happening. Has anyone reported this number to the Police? To OFCOM?

Not that they will show any interest in stopping what must be criminal activity.

This letter will stop the harassment.

If it does not then you need to report it to the appropriate authorities such as the police.

In fact it is possible to have the debt written off if there is too much harassment. But you need ot tell them in a letter to stop it first.

"Dear Mr Horrible.

I am writing to express my serious concerns regarding the telephone calls that I have received from your company.

I am now formally requesting that all further correspondence be made in writing only.

I demand that these phone calls stop immediately. I am familiar with the terms of Section 40 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970, and the Protection from Harassment Act 1970 and I believe your harassment places you in breach of these acts.

If you continue to call, you will also be in breach of the Wireless Telegraphy Act (1949) and, as such, I will report you to both Trading Standards and The Office of Fair Trading.

Take further note that continued telephone calls after the receipt of a request not to call may constitute a criminal offence under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.

You will be deemed to have been served notice of my request and I will deem it served by (FULL DATE), I am advising you that any calls received after this date will be recorded with the intention of them being used as evidence.


Yours faithfully,"

the latest Long phone call beginning at 3.30 pm this afternoon - their second call
to the house today - three calls to my parents yesterday - from the
Lloyds/TSB people in Brighton - insisting on me giving them a payment
plan - told them I'm already paying back £1.00 per month. They noticed
that I'd paid back £45.00 in early March and insisted on knowing why
this isn't what i pay every month - pointed out that I am unemployed and
that the £1.00 is a minimum, not a maximum payment. Obviouisly when more
money is available, it will be paid in to clear the debt more quickly -
He tried to get me to give him a full breakdown of my current income. I
pointed out that that was already going through the CAB but he insists
that his department has had no communication from them whatsoever which i know is not true. I told
him that he could contact them, but he refused point blank to do so. He
was however willing to give me his name and business address and
insists that i get the CAB  to send them details of any income or payment
arrangements directly.  Otherwise, he says the continuing phone calls to
my parents (up to three times a day at present) are my fault. ????
It does seem to be taking the CAB an awful long time to get the bank
fully up to speed on my situation, and I would appreciate some kind of
progress report from there too. Told them as much in writing just now.
Did try to get the bank monkey to call the CAB - he refused to have any
number other than mine - ie, my parents number. I recomended that  the
caller watches Groundhog Day and hung up on him. The address of their office and name of the latest caller) sameer makwana - lloyds tsb plc - card services po box 13130 brighton bn1 4lt

has a missed call from this number, saying they are from lloyds tsb and they would call back another time. no such number used for lloyds tsb.

these prats will never give up they constantly call and harras u until your account is brought upto date does anyone know how to stop these people?????? cos the police dont give a ****

long delay in saying anything, then hung up.
rang back and said lloyds tsb wanting personal details etc

Also been hassled by this number but can agree with the others that it is not a scam, just an annoying automated call back centre based in India employed by TSB Lloyds credit card dept.

You can also reach them on 0845 6062175 or 0845 6006393 - both numbers were on correspondence I've had from Lloyds TSB and tally with the number left on my answer phone by that strange automated message.

So, for me at least, the call centre were helpful and sorted out the problem with my failed direct debit.  Shame you can't say the same to the automated bit of their system.

I think they are legit, but they seem to go about it totally the wrong way! They ask for personal details when they call and the banks always tell us never to give this sort of information away. It is best to ask them to put everything in writing and you will respond.
I have just started to get around 5 calls per day from Lloyds due to my bank account and its getting me down. (I guess thats what they are trying to do!).

we have received a call today, Good Friday!

When I told the guy it was a religious day here in England, he said "this will only take a few minutes"

I refused to give personal info, and said you had called last night, and asked me (My son has the problem, not me) to "attend the branch", so I again explained I couldn't attend the branch as it was a holiday here, and then he hung up.

I am not letting this go, it's harassment IMO, and I'm going to complain about him ringing on a holiday, then hanging up.

this is a lloyds tsb debt collection number, which will call you if you have an outstanding debt with them.

It is now based in a Brighton call centre, hence the 01273 number.

I've been receiving these calls for a month or so now - they call my home 'phone which goes direct to answerphone after 4 rings but they always hang up.  I checked 1471 and it came up with this number.  They even tried calling me at 3.50am (!!!) one weekday last week!

I can confirm that these guys are from the Lloyds TSB's Collections Centre based in Brighton. For those who actually call the normal Lloyds call centre would most likely be met with sheer confusion of this number or to be told that Lloyds themselves cannot deal with your enquiry as it's in the hands of Collections and it's against their policy, blah blah.

I had to phone Collections myself today using a number on a letter I received by them, (and from the staff in my local branch), and putting my mind at rest, the girl I spoke to over the phone confirmed that they had called me when I spoke to them originally.

Suffice to say that they aren't fraudulent and that they are calling you for a reason, but if you wish to feel better about it, tell whoever call you up that you prefer not to give your details to someone who just called you and instead call the collections team yourself. You'd of most likely received letters from them beforehand so use the contact number that is on that letter.

i have about 30 calls aday from this number and i dont think that the person calling understands what go away means i never answer it as i dont know the number please god make them stop

Not really sticking up for them but if you just speak with them, find out what's wrong and then try and sort something out with them, they'd prefer to have £1 a month rather than nothing and being ignored. That way you'll avoid the insane amounts of calls a day from these guys. Really, they are like turds that won't flush if you try to ignore them.

Hi. I just got a call from 01273 743574. Some Indian lady said it was Lloyds TSB and asked for personal info. I said I was at work and asked for a number to return the call, she gave me 0870 3665378. I would suggest not giving out any personal info but just ring this 0870 number instead just to check rather than give out personal info.


Tony

Got a call from this number when I wasn't in. The message left was simply an aggressively growled announcement of my name and nothing else. Very scary.

They have just called me as well - I didn't recognise the number so I didn't answer it.  By the sounds of it, it is a good job I didn't!

i am a pregnant mother of a 2 year old and they always call while i am givin my son dinner or trying to get him to bed and they are compleatly thick cos i am payin 25 pound a week so dont even need to phone cos they are bein paid, last time i spoke to them i just said i am trying to feed my son and could you please ask some one who is english to phone..

Tried calling back and got scrambled voices. Ive had 3 calls in the last week from this number. Basically trying to get me to pay a bank charge that, upon querying in my local branch, was never applied to my account! Considering TSB handles so many customers, they dont have a clue about customer service or even how to manage queries from one dept to another. No communication at all!!