01789999999

Auto dialer selling caribbean holidays

Called my mum who is in her 70's 3 times in 1 day claiming to be from Waitrose and saying with her reward points she'd won a holiday. Just press '9' to confirm it. Thankfully she didn't.

Funny thing is 1471 gives the above phone number because numbers beginning with '999' are not allocated, they are reserved for emergency services. Not sure how they fool BT into thinking that was the Calling ID.

I got a call from this number this morning 12.44

My dad received a call from this number this morning, he missed the call & hit 1471 +3 n it said the number not recognised!

Following my post on 14-Nov I contacted Waitrose - their response is pasted below. Caller is spoofing the number because 999999 is never allocated - anyone trying to call it locally will go through to Emergency Services after first 3 9's.

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E-Mail from Waitrose
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There are a number of telephone scams currently in operation with the criminals trying to obtain credit card details or to get you to connect to a premium rate number.

The callers claim that they are either ringing on behalf of Waitrose or from the 'Waitrose Rewards department', (there is no such department).

The ones we are currently aware of are calls to say:

1. You have been awarded either a prize or a holiday in a competition being run in conjunction with Waitrose. You are then asked to provide credit card details to claim the prize.

2. There is a problem with your order, please press 1 for more information.

3. Friends or family have entered you in a Waitrose competition to win a holiday. Congratulations on your win, please press 1 for more information.

With the last two, pressing 1 connects you to a foreign premium rate number at £50 per minute.

Should you receive calls such as these or other variations, no matter how plausible they may seem, under no circumstances should you give out your details or press 1, simply hang up.

If you have inadvertently given your details you should report this to your local police as soon as possible.

Rest assured that if Waitrose were involved in a competition of this type, we would never ask for bank or credit card details or ask you to press buttons on the phone for more information.

Regards,

Waitrose Customer Service.

Got home from work today and there was a voice mail and missed call from this telephone number. The message didn't say anything though - just background noise like an office. When I tried returning the call got the 'wrong number' message.

Got a phone call from this number apparantly i have won a holiday in florida or the bahamas - i just hung up.  The only time I entered my number online was yesterday for a review of a pub. I may go and have a chat with the landlord.

Had this number twice on 18/11 at 7.51pm then 7.52pm.  Thankfully didn't answer it.  Ruddy nuisance when you're supposed to be ex-dir. and have TPS.

They were spamming a whole load of numbers then - I got called around that time and I'm x-dir too and also have TPS. I didn't recognise the number so didn't answer either.

Got Called today x-dir and tps regged looks like its doing the rounds again
wish the telcos would block the numbers of these pests
surely this can be done if there no's are go out to the network and 1471 is picking it up ?

They keep phoning me. I have caller display and just don't answer if I don't recognise the number. I am also TPS registered. When they hear the answering machine, they just hang up. On one call, while the answering machine was playing it's outgoing message, I could hear a lady on the other end of the line and it sounded as though she had a baby with her as she was making the calls.

What gets me is that they just keep trying. Surely you realise after about 20 attempts that their call is not going to be answered.

said hello then they hung up

Received call from this number earlier did not answer. I am ex dir and TPS registered. Is there anything I can do to?

Got a call from this number earlier this morning (woke me up!) - soon as I heard the recorded "Hello" I hung up.

I received a call on Friday 5th December 2008 from 01789999999. The caller offered a cheap holiday in Florida and asked me to press 9 which I did. I now understand that this call may cost me a lot of money and I'm contacting my phone company.

called at 16:40, ideal time to catch busy parents unaware, left no message, so been reported as a unsolicited number. Like everyone else we are TPS registered.

called today, useful info here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/11/caller-id-faking-fraud

Just ran from the bathroom expecting an important business call......got to phone too late......1471 gives me 017899999999 and then number not recognised!
Try calling me again and hear my respone b*******s. Ex -directory and withheld counts for nothing it seems!!

Just received a phone call from this number too.  Also Ex-dir and TPS!

Just received a call from this number, again we are registered with the TPS and are ex-directory.