02256800256

I have just been called by this number being asked what i was doing i told him I'm a too busy for sales calls as it new years eve and he said "I want to f*** you!!" I*put down the phone and called dialler recognition and it came out with this phone number. I hope these people are identified soon!!!

Keep calling for  4yr now. My little girl of 4 answers and was told to [***] off!!! God help the [***] if I ever get him.

Got a call a few times from this number. Told them I was on the TPS and where did they get me number from they said a survey,I replied I don't do surveys and can they take my number off their database, the reply was they can't it's a government database. The phone went dead when I asked which company they were.

I keep getting calls frm this number but hang up when i answer

I try to do the same ,i ask them to spell their name, where they are from etc they soon get sick

we chased this history ..he is not an INDIAN,he is from srilanka.. indians can speak english better than chinese,etc..that srilankan guy came up here for studies ..he is studying computer scince and networking in the manchester univ, he tried to make money like this but police traced his address and they are on it.
i have some indian friends at work,i have shown this forum they laughed at it.actually they don't care what we are writing here because they don't do frauds as far as i know...
thank you
debby

SCAM ALERT
Alert message sent 23/04/2012 13:36:00
Information sent on behalf of Nottinghamshire Police

A resident on Holme Road in West Bridgford on 19/04/2012 received a call from 02256800256 and male claimed to be from the department of finance and stated he had money to refund to his account after a high court ruling stating that his bank had overcharged him.

Caller requested the number from his debit card to do this and when challenged got argumentative and swore at the resident and put the phone down.

Below is info from an entry off Google

SCAM ALERT!!!

Just to let you all know, that if you receive a phone call from 02256800256 - IT IS A SCAM.
Don't put them on speakerphone if you have kids in the room, they get very angry when challenged.

Please let people know - they are targeting Somerset and some people have fallen for this scam - they say you are due a rebate and they have taken £99.99 out of some peoples accounts.

PC 1218 Adrian BRADSHAW
Neighbourhood Beat Manager
Lady Bay & Abbey

0300 3009999 extn:6145
07702 141705

Claims Management Regulation»Claims Management Regulation
Business Details
Business Name:
1st Call Financial Services Limited
Address:
38 -40 Leslie Street
Town/City:
Eastbourne
Postcode:
BN23 8JB
County:
East Sussex

Trading Names:
1st Call Claims
Sector:
Financial products/services
Authorisation Number:
CRM19613

Hilarious fun today with a chap from Afghanistan called ‘Richard Parker’. Asked him where he was calling from and eventually he admitted it was from Afghanistan. Told him the number he was calling was on the telephone number preference scheme; he didn’t appear to know what that meant.
He never really managed to get into his script as I’d placed him on speakerphone and a work colleague and I were having a bit of fun taking the p*** out of him. Eventually he hung up in a rage only to call back two minutes later to try again. Having tired of the gentleman he was told to ‘go away and bother someone else’. He hung up again.
Having had a few minutes to think, he called yet again and described, in fabulous comedy English, what I should do with a large implement in the privacy of my bathroom. I asked him if he’d suggested I do this because he was a homosexual (nothing against homosexuals) and wanted to watch. My telephone almost exploded!
Haven’t had any more calls since!

Just got a call from this number suggesting that they have bank charges to be refunded. When asked if they could provide dates and amounts of charges to be refunded the operator tried to continue with his 'script', when asked again to provide details of charges he hung up. PESTS!

Also had a call from these muppets, offering a refund on bank charges that I've never paid!!  Seemed to know a hell of a lot about my bank account already, very worrying!!

This company is a scam company, who offer you a rebate and then take money from you once they have your information.  If you sound young, they will simply hang up on you.  They worked their way through Somerset and are now targeting areas - I live in London.  When I reported this to talktalk, talktalk said they would charge me an extra £3.25 per month on my bill so I could bar such numbers!

I had the same call from 02256800256 ~ same format as all the others Ive just been reading about. Its frightening to see how much information they know about you?  

This is a SCAM ~ NO SUCH DEPARTMENT. But please report them to you bank & cancel your card ~I JUST DID.

very rude and offensive and i mean rude as in porn said he was going to do things to my family
but as before asked for details so he could refund bank charges

This number aclled me today to say that I had paid hidden charges and how did I wnat it rfunded - cheque or direct to my bank
I hung up

Same thing as other report here: on 05/01/2013 my elderly mother received a call from the number 02256800256. The heavily Indian-accented female caller said she was from the UK department of Finance. She knew the name, address and date of birth of my mother - she knew that she had a Bank of Scotland bank account and quoted the first 4 numbers of her debit card long number.
She said that there was money to be refunded to her from 'illegal bank charges' and requested several further financial details from her as identification including details of her card which she went to get.
At this point I came in and my mother handed the phone to me so I requested the caller to explain the case again. The person who spoke was male and also with a heavy Indian accent. I requested specific details of which bank account it related to, and what the transactions were.
The caller said that he was calling on behalf of the UK government and then began to lose patience, demanding that I give him the details immediately, saying that it was illegal to refuse to give them.
He then passed me to his ‘manager’ who claimed to be 'Jim Scott'. He gave the address as 'Lesley Street, Eastbourne,East Sussex'. When I requested the postcode he became aggressive and rude. I said I was not happy in proceeding by phone and would prefer to consult with my bank before taking it any further and he continued to insult me then threatened to cancel the cheque for £987 that he claimed was waiting to be paid into my account, and also to charge my bank account (he gave the first 4 numbers of the debit card) with £100 and to order my bank frozen for a month from Monday, or even have it closed. He got ruder and ruder and I eventually terminated the call.
I subsequently investigated this online and it seems that other people have reported similar experiences - I am concerned that they seemed so convincing that my mother was about to comply with their requests and if I hadn't arrived at that moment she would have been vulnerable to being defrauded.
My mother has called her bank and they seem to think that she is safe given the limited information that they had.

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Had a call from an Indian guy (Why is it always people from India!!) saying he was from "The UK Department of Finance". He said that money had been taken out of my account and they wanted to put the money back in and required me to verify my details and asked me if I required a cheque of did I want it deposited into my back account. I asked him what the name of the company was and he said 1st call claims. I said that there was no way that department exisited and that no way was I going to give him my details. He then said that I should go and relax in the knowledge that he has all my details anyway and was going to enjoy spending my money on holidays and fast cars - I tolf him he was an a***hole and was he proud of what he was doing - He then hung up!!!!!

Do people really fall for these scams, lets hope they spend lots of money in phone calls with no success.

If this number has been in existence for at least 6 months why aren't BT doing something about it!!!!!!

BT and everyone else can do nothing about these calls because they come from India, using fake UK numbers via Skype.  They are scum and don't care that they are stealing from elderly and vulnerable people. Older people are more trusting and do not realise that these rats just want to take advantage of them.  All we can do is warn our elderly relatives and friends about these scams.

Had a call from this number this morning.

I appreciate that is very difficult to do anything about these calls but there are now 21 pages of comments on this website alone showing that these types of calls are a real problem. Has anyone an idea of which organisation needs lobbying to protect our interests. People like OFCOM and the ICO don't seem to have enough teeth