02202

hi i have had my first call from 02202....woz bit suspicious bout it ...not keen givin my bank details over the phone anyway...had 4 missed calls from them coz wont answer the phone to them ...spoke to 02...& they said others sometime use this number too....so i think dont trust this number......

they keep calling and hanging up i am on 02 how r they getting my number

they keep calling and hanging up i am on 02 how r they getting my number

This number called 5 times within the last 1 and half hour. Answered 1st time, no reply so hung up. It's rather frustrating that we take the time to answer the call but the other end can't be fussed to say anything!

this number rang me twice today and im too scared to answer LOL.. what shall i doo? some of u guys are saying its a scam and some arent.. please help!!..

Also got a call, said they were calling from Manchester but having an Indian accent makes me thing otherwise. I just ended my O2 contract and they gave me info which contradicted O2 when I called them so very much doubt this company is actually O2, though wouldn't put it past O2 to have sole our info to them. I left O2 due to being extremely unhelpful and now I get this so glad I moved!

I have just had a call from 02202 an apparently nice friendly Irish man who emphasised that the call was being recorded (presumably in an attempt to sound official) he went on to tell me about the o2 simplicity card and how I would benefit, I agreed to one of them sounded ok. He went on to ask my address with I stupidly gave then my date of birth! how long had I lived here, rented or owned, then said he needed to set up a Direct Debit and do a credit check, he asked where I banked, then to give him a password that would prompt me for my bank and o2 which I refused so he gave me one THEN he asked for the long number off my card!!! I again refused he said I will text you so you can see I am genuine which he did. However I still refused to give my card details he then went on to say I will put you on hold and my Manager will pick you up so he can tell you we are o2 to which I laughed as I said how will that prove anything, I said sorry to have wasted your time but I will not bother - he was not best pleased and hung up.

I have just had a call from 02202 an apparently nice friendly Irish man who emphasised that the call was being recorded (presumably in an attempt to sound official) he went on to tell me about the o2 simplicity card and how I would benefit, I agreed to one of them sounded ok. He went on to ask my address with I stupidly gave then my date of birth! how long had I lived here, rented or owned, then said he needed to set up a Direct Debit and do a credit check, he asked where I banked, then to give him a password that would prompt me for my bank and o2 which I refused so he gave me one THEN he asked for the long number off my card!!! I again refused he said I will text you so you can see I am genuine which he did. However I still refused to give my card details he then went on to say I will put you on hold and my Manager will pick you up so he can tell you we are o2 to which I laughed as I said how will that prove anything, I said sorry to have wasted your time but I will not bother - he was not best pleased and hung up.

i keep getting calls from 02202 numbers.please help!

been getting this calls from 02202 for over a week now, but always missed the call, answered one today and they put phone down on me.

This number is ringing me everyday but i don't answer as i don't recognized it i thought it might be a scam and they con you big time!!!... i hope somebody would know and be able to stop whoever owns this number. it's disturbing the hell of me if i'm at work!...

this seems to be a big problem, there are so many people on a lot of forums saying they are getting several calls a day. An easy solution that no one so far has mentioned is that almost all phones have a number block option. Check this and the call will never reach you. As this is an obvious scam, several people have been abused, just block it!!!!

well after reading this argument, my general opinion is that it is o2, i had a call of them today but couldnt answer because I was in a lecture, I only googled it incase it was something to do with the bank or something, I think I recall them ringing me before aswell.

I actually work for the company who calls you up from 02202. We are a call centre working for o2 and the reason we call is to either keep you on o2 pay as you go or o2 broadband. If you want a contract, that's an added bonus.

I work on the pay as you go side of things and can honestly say its worth picking up, because the chances are we will be able to reduce the amount you top up EVEN without giving you a contract. If anyone is rude to you, report it to o2. If you get a silent call, its because there's a machine that rings you all up and if there isn't an agent available then there's physically no-one to speak to. But that is a tiny minority or else OFCOM would have words with us.

Yeah, that's because it costs you 10p/minute to listen to voicemail. I can leave you a voicemail if you want ;)

On that note, thanks to everyone with a funny answering machine recording, always brightens the day.

02202 is NOT a scam!

ok...i had the call from 02202, answered it and got offered a new sim with unlimited o2 calls, unlimited texts (all networks), 300 minutes to any network/land line for £15 a month which is paid direct debit. I gave him all my details, received an email from o2 welcoming me and worked fine with the login details i was given. THEN i read you bunch of paranoid freaks and so phoned o2 customer services. 02202 IS their marketing team!

I have had 02202 call me several times over the past 3 days.  All times I have failed to answer the call, as the phone is used for outgoing calls only, as I have the handset so that I get lower cost broadband.
Reading other users comments, looks like I'm best avoiding answering this number.   If  02 are aware of this number and it isn't them... could they not block the number throughout the network?

If this is 02 Marketing Team, then according to my marketing settings 02 are permitted to SEND ME:
"Useful O2 information like newsletters, free offers, games and the latest mobile offers."
There is no option on my account to select anything that says they can CALL ME.

If anyone is reading this who works for 02 Marketing... if we have not Opted In to getting these calls, why are we getting them?    How do we stop them?     For now I am opting out of getting anything SENT to me, which I hope will then stop the calls.    Maybe there should be more Opt In / Opt Out options under the My Details section, so that we can Opt In to getting Sent things but Opt Out of getting calls.

I answered the phone to this number. An Irish guy was on the other end pretending to be from 02. He wanted my bank details over the phone. I tried to tell him politely that I was not interested and I had to get to work in 5 minutes.He started getting nasty telling me it would only take two minutes to give him my details. Avoid this number!!!

There are some weirdos out there I agree - However this is an O2 Marketing team number. A little less paranoia please. There someone behind you ahhhhhhhhhh.