02068884362

i recieved a call at tea time  yet again second time this week, first time was a man asking for mrs d then told me his name  cant remember it now,  asked who my supplier was? asking if i would be prefering to be supplied by npower he was not a british male as his english not great altho he did use an english name, when i said i dont know who my supplier is as my husband deals with it all
( household stuff), he repeated what i said.. i said its mr you need not mrs  he seemed  dismayed and then hung up after wishing me a good day
but today  again i got another call  from them i couldnt get to the phone as i was in middle of settling my baby for bed a baby who does not sleep well and has been quite sick of late so to have people call up for surveys to get sales is ridiculous indeed i find this tedious as ive been having many calls from either international or unknown or withheld calls i have an answer machine service and if they cannot be bothered to leave a message i cannot be bothered to answer the call but really it is awful when you get calls at evening time to do a survey and when you tell them no your not interested they wait a coouple days and get someone else to call its telephone harrasment and they should not be allowed to have your details for marketing purposes if you have not given them your details, saying that i have at least three or four times ayear people knocking on my door doing exactly the same for npower the company are pests!

i am receiving  what i perceive to be nuisance phone calls on a very regular basis from the national research centre and wish they would stop i would love to know how to stop them calling but nothing seems to work,i hope someone out there can help me.

Got a call today from Leon of the National Research Centre (the number was withheld this time), this has been happening frequently over the past 2 weeks at various times of the day, needless to say I'm less than pleased. My number is registered with TPS but I realise the limitations of this when companies don't abide by it. I'd love to know which UK companies use the services of these 'research companies'.

I now treat any cold call from any organisation or company with the same contempt and give no information what so ever, never ever trust a call from anyone seeking personal information, i'e. name, address, etc, bank or credit card information.

Rang one and a half time.  I am with the tps.

This number (02068 884362) telephoned today.  When I answered there was a long pause and then a woman's voice (which sounded as if it could be American) spoke, so I just hung up.  I am with TPS, but still do get these marketing calls from time to time.

Called as putting children to bed, ran to phone as thought was husband ringing, they hung up as soon as I answered. What is the chuffin point of ringing someone only to hang up when they answer? Shows how little they value people.

Just had a call from a lady who said she was my admirer and wished me goodnight said she would call again tomorrow I said not to but she just hung up

Got a call from 'Tom' frim the NRC at 9.25am this morning. I just keep saying I'm on my way out and hang up, bu tthis is the third call in a month and it's becoming annoying. When I got the first call a month ago, I asked what nation the guy was calling from and what kind of research they were conducting, to which he could not answer on either point.... so I instantly thought 'scam' and hung up.

These guys are seemingly prowling the internet looking for personal details and calling up the likes of us all and conducting 'research' for their own nefarious ends. What's particularly worrying is that they also appear to have people's numbers who are ex-directory.... where do they attain this info ? With identity theft, online scamming and unsolicited spamming still on the rise, I will be reporting this number to both Ofcom and TPS, though whether this will be effective, I can't say.  In the meantime, if they call again, I may just give them a load of dud information and see if they don't call again... if they waste my time, I'll waste theirs.

Chances are they are just trying numbers by generating the non-geographic digits until they get a response . If they do then they try to get postciode etc to sell on to someone in defiance of TPS.

Just had a call from national Research Centre asking for the "Lady of the House".  I immediately asked "Who are You?".  With a very broad Indian Accent, he replied "The National Research Centre".  When I asked for the full address, he replied "Vy do you vant my address? I just vant to ask you some qvestions".  I again asked for his address, he replied "I don't have to give you my address.  Why are you asking that?"  I asked how he got my number - and he hung-up.  Although I am the "Lady of the House".  I must admit, my language wasn't very ladylike when he hung up on me.  Where do these jokers get our numbers from, as I am ex-directory, subscribe both to TPS and MPS and never, ever give my phone number out.  I even put a bogus number on any internet forms that I complete.

Just had a call from these asking if I am the lady of the house I said yes.Some bloke asked me to answer some questions for research purposes and said they wasn't selling me anything.When I asked what did they want he said some information about my house etc and I told them I dont give out info about my house to strangers.He said but we have your number ha I say but you dont have my name do you? Goodbye.

Had a call at 15.41 yesterday - lady called "Angel" asking for my late mother. Asked who was calling - accent to asian I couldnt understand her - aked her to repeat it and still couldnt understand her - she asked me to confirm my address and postcode.Then I asked where did she get her information from - she just kept on with her "dialogue"... "I won't keep you long, I know how busy you are, It will save me ringing you again"... and other such comments. In the end told her my mother had died 18 months ago... and she kept asking questions... and I put the phone down. Next time I will give her a number to ring... the local crematorium. Phone is in my name, never in my mothers... she never did any surveys online or otherwise!

Just got a blank phone call from this number=
functionless nurds

This is getting to be a very annoying call as we are disabled have to deal with the idiots at the other end off a line asking stupid questions can someone for god’s sake put a stop to them.

I've been recieving a similar call three times a day for the last month or so. Each time the person on the phone asks for a different person to speak too. Usually I tell them that person does not live here and they have the wrong number, then hang up. Today I finally decided to ask who was calling and from where, the women on the phone was extremely evasive when I asked. She rudely ignored me and continued to ask me questions about my age and sex. When did get an answer from her she told me she was calling from UK research centre and hung up on me. I have had two more identical calls in the last 30mins from different members of the company, who ever it is. All of them from outside the UK.
This sounds very similar.

I've been recieving a similar call three times a day for the last month or so. Each time the person on the phone asks for a different person to speak too. Usually I tell them that person does not live here and they have the wrong number, then hang up. Today I finally decided to ask who was calling and from where, the women on the phone was extremely evasive when I asked. She rudely ignored me and continued to ask me questions about my age and sex. When did get an answer from her she told me she was calling from UK research centre and hung up on me. I have had two more identical calls in the last 30mins from different members of the company, who ever it is. All of them from outside the UK.
This sounds very similar.

this company is getting to be a pain, had number of calls from them, most time phone just goes dead,but once I managed to speak to them, told them I was on TPS and did not know how they got my details, this morning another call line dead on other end how do we stop this firm, it appears impossible to do this

Radio 4: Face the Facts - The Loan Cowboys (The above companies are exposed)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b012l4nl ... e_Loan_Cowboys/

Debt management can be a crucial tool in helping people get to grips with their finances. But some companies have left many of their vulnerable customers owing more than ever. John Waite investigates how these companies offered to help hard-up families ease their debts but held on to their cash, leaving many of them close to the financial edge.

Debt management companies sprung up in the mid Nineties, offering to save struggling people from the threats of banks and creditors by settling their debts. For a monthly fee, customers believed their debts were being paid off but, as Face the Facts discovers, some companies took advantage of a weak regulatory system and accepted money from their desperate clients without passing it on to the creditors.

Producer: Paula McGinley.

Broadcast on
BBC Radio 4, 12:30PM Wed, 20 Jul 2011
Available until: 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
First broadcast: BBC Radio 4, 12:30PM Wed, 20 Jul 2011
Categories: Factual, Consumer
Duration: 26 minutes

There was just silence for about 10 seconds then i heard a voice that sounded like Indian or Thai, but they just said 'goodbye' and that was it.... i wanted to waste their time but they didnt give me the chance  ;-(

I answered the phone, there was a long pause, then a very short indecipherable recorded message, then they hung up.