02202

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.

It rang me friday and  i didnt answer, over the weekend i got nothing, then monday,yesterday and today they'v rang me, i answered twice now, the first time i couldnt understand them so hung up, and today i spoke to them, its the o2 service, "hi my name is mark from the o2 marketing service, how are you today?"  "hey mark, im good thanks."   "okay would you be interested in taking a survey?"   "no thankyou *hang up*

i got a call today and when i called back it said number not recognised too. i didnt answer but theyve called twice, shud i answer? im on o2 aswell.

Keep getting calls from 02202 every day, never answer as I believe it is a scam......

I called O2 today because I have received 5 calls so far, either missed calls or when I do answer the line goes dead. O2 deny all knowledge. Maybe we should all ignore them, they well go away then !!

i bloked it bt it still came thrgh, i havnt herd any1 yt on it, bt my voicemail mesage had the sound of sum1 movin, nd tht sound wen ur on ur mobile near a computer. If every1 on O2 has this prob;lem thmn y havnt THEY dun anythn 2 stp it!?!

I've been getting calls from 02202 but never pick it up as the number just doesn't look right to me. However, I'd love to know who it is..!!

Everyone keeps saying that this number is from O2 and they are calling O2 customers.  I am not with O2 and never have been and yet this number has started calling me?

SERIOUS!! I cant believe the way some ppl r gettin on over this number! I work in the O2 marketing team, & i can see many other ppl who have posted on here also work ther so what part of 'IT IS O2' do ppl not understand??
In reply to Katie, that is not how any of us introduce ourselves as we read from an OFCOM regulated script so it shows how much you listened to the agent!
In reply to Matt, it really is only our own customers who we call so maybe your number was that of o2's before or perhaps you have bought something from o2 n gave in your mob number..
We run off an automatic dialler so if you answer your fone n no1 is ther wait 2 seconds, ther is a slight delay in the call coming thru to us, if you dont answer your number goes back into the dialler to call you a few hours later. If you hang up on the agent you will go back into the dialler or if you say ur busy you will go back into the dialler to get called back. Its how call centres work!
What we are doin is callin our customers and offering them better deals on their mobiles & also offering them even better deals on broadband etc. It genuinely is o2 & to be honest MOST ppl appreciate a better deal, its not a cold call, its ur own network provider! The reason some o2 depts may be denying knowledge of the number is because some of it is outsourced n some depts arent aware of the numbers we use!
I think some ppl need to stop freakin out, think of the thousands of ppl who arent on here complaining as they have took the time to listen to us & signed up to 1 of our deals!
IF YOU DONT WANT THIS NUMBER TO CALL YOU SIMPLY ANSWER THE PHONE & ASK THE AGENT IF YOU COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE DATABASE, IT TAKES US 1 CLICK OF A MOUSE TO DO THAT FOR YOU, although i really think you should listen to what we have to offer before you decide to do that!
IMAGINE IF WE WERE NOT CALLING YOU, WOULD YOU NOT COMPLAIN THEN IF WE WERENT TRYING TO REWARD OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS, MOST COMPANYS ONLY OFFER BETTER DEALS TO NEW COMPANIES!!

This is O2 customer services.  Been getting a lot of missed calls from these guys but finally picked it up today and it was O2 Business Customer Services trying to flog me mobile broadband.  Unfortunately for them I have a good deal with Vodafone already and their data network is way better than O2's in any case;).

DONT FALL FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i did!!!!

I have just had that number calling me....as usual i did not answer it..
It has been annoying me for a month...
what shall I do ?? answer it or no ???

This [***] number has been called me since last week and i'm very angry...any ideas who can be?

i just spoke to o2 and they have confirmed that the number is o2 sales department so its ok if u want the deals they provide over the phone

Received a couple of these calls so got in touch with o2 customer care.It turns out that these calls are being made from their marketing dept. I have now put a block on the number.