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just got these scumbags ringing hung up 2 times and they rang back!! told them were to go. pathetic

Didn't work, we are with TPS, and just had a call from a foreign guy claiming to be my boyfriend called Martin.  Luckily my husband didn't answer!

i have recieved a phone call from this number but no one spoke so i hung up x

Just had a call from foreign sounding man. Said I was owed bank charge refunds - asked for my DoB and I gave him a stupid date. He then sounded shirty and said did I know that I was being charged £20 a minute for this call - I hung up. Not sure if possible but have heard of scams where you get charged for some form of premium number call even though you didn't initiate the call.

He was just trying to scare you because you didn't fall for his scam.  This is a fairly new scam. They say they are from OFT, Ministry of Justice or anything they think sounds official. They say they have a refund of, say, council tax or bank charges.  They say there are two ways in which they can pay you.  You can give them your bank details and go to get a Ukash or Western Union Voucher for taxes or admin. They say they will ring you back and if you give them the voucher number they will pay the cheque into your bank.   If you are not happy with that they offer to deliver the cheque to your home and exchange it for the voucher.  Whichever option you choose the voucher will be cashed immediately and the cheque, when banked, will bounce like a rubber ball!.

This person called twice: First call was on 25th January 2012 at 13.24 and again at 11.37 on 26th January 2012 and asked for me by name.  A friend was in the house at the time and he then kept asking who she was and said she was sexy.  My friend then put the phone down.

Just had a phone call from this number, claiming to be UK Department of Finance, connected to the MoD. They were claiming that I had overpaid charges of over £500, and could only give the absolute amount and where the charges were originally coming from if I gave them my details. They had my name, my ex husbands name, address and phone number, however wanted me to confirm my date of birth which I would not give them. They said that I had to confirm to them that I didnt want this money paid back as I would not disclose my details. I asked for confirmation in writing to which I would then respond to, but they said that they were contacting over 200 people every day and it would be impossible to write to everyone. It was a man with a very strong indian accent, and did get quite arsey with me when I would not give my details and questioned him. It would be quite believable for anyone that was experiencing money troubles or willing to take the risk to give out details for money, especially as he originally said they he did not need bank details.

Called at 19:01 pm - I didn't speak and line went dead - obviously calling people in North East.  BEWARE!

Right, lets take this a step at a time.  U.K Department of Finance?  There is no such thing.  Ministry of Defence? What could you have possibly overpaid to them?  This relatively new scam really does like to use official sounding names.  Unfortunately, they tend to go over the top and prove that they are not familiar with authorities in the UK.  If you had given them your d.o.b the next step would be to ask you to a) give them your bank details to pay the cheque in, but they would require a Ukash or Western Union voucher for "taxes" or some such rubbish. When you gave them the voucher number they would pay in the cheque.  The alternative would be for them to send a courier with the cheque and you could give him the voucher.  In either case, the voucher would be cashed within minutes of giving them the number and the cheque, if it ever arrived, would bounce like a rubber ball. Even if our Government was to suddenly go mad and start sending us cheques, they would have 3 miles of paperwork (in triplicate) to be filled in first.

Received call from this number this must be stopped!!!  I'm furious constantly calling either silent or Indian answers claiming to be a reputable company on behalf of my bank I was overdue a refund I ask why Couldnt my bank call me. He replied we are a government organization against bank charges. I said well refund me the money,  he laughed saying not that simple they required bank details which I said OK what details,  he said long number on card so I gave 96961234966669696 he says thanks and will receive refund I asked how much he said £30,000 I said that's a lot he says yea u get competition I said when will I receive he replied on 30th Feb. brilliant another scam this must b stopped

Just had a call few minutes ago , guy with indian accent said his name is Kevin , claimed i was owed bank charges and because it was over a£1000 they needed my bank details to pay it into my account , when i asked exactly what charges and where they were from he said he didnt have the details and insisted on having my bank details , needless to say i just hung up .

Just had a call on my ex/directory tps registered land line. Some foreigner not only had my number but also knew my name!! I get quite combative with these herberts so much so that his name changed twice, novel. I must have upset him, because then he said he wanted to F$@k my wife. I told him to fell free, we've been divorced for ten years.

just had the same treatment when i asked questions the hung up

simnilar to all the rest, I've just had a call where he called me the name of my step father who has been dead for 6 years. I told him to pay the overpaid bank charges back to the bank account he had. That seemd to confuse him cos he then wanted my date of birth, telling me my address. This phone number has been TPS for years, they are obviously buying some personal data from somewhere.  Glad I answered and not any elderly person who would give him what he wanted. I'm going to report them to Trading Standards, see if it does any good.

Had a phone call from this number today: heavy indian accent, asked whether I would like a refund to my debit card or cheque. The conversation went like this:
(me) Hello
(him)...... Hello? Hmm, can I speak to mr...... mr...... mr (my surname)?
- Speaking
- I'm calling from Financial Services Company, and would like to arrange for your refund. How would you like to receive it: cheque or to your bank account?
- Bank account please.
- Can I have your debit card details?
- No. I don't give my credit card details to strangers.
- But this is a refund!
- What's the refund for?
- Account fee overcharges.
- What account?
- Bank account.
- Which bank?
- Your bank
- How much is it?
- 6 euros
- I'll have a cheque then.
- Can I have your date of birth?
- Why?
- I need a date of birth to issue a cheque.
- Why? You don't need a date of birth to issue a cheque
- I'm just following a procedure.
- Well, my procedure doesn't allow giving date of birth to strangers
- We need to refund this money ASAP
-Good bye! >click<

Had a call from this number, didnt anwser as i knew straight away it was a wired area code-if thats what it is? anyway i have been registered with TPS for a long time know and these calls still get through, just been on to the TPS website and this is what they say:


Scam Calls

The remit of the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) lies strictly within the boundaries of live unsolicited direct marketing calls. Scam calls or calls of a fraudulent nature are outside the remit of TPS.

Registration with TPS does not stop scam calls and the TPS complaints team does not have authority to investigate scam calls i.e calls claiming that a computer has a virus and offering remote technical support. Please report such calls to your local Trading Standards Office and/or the police.


good luck

Keeps Calling, but when answered no one there then hangs up. sick of this as i work nights

Just had a call from this number at 19;15pm, I answered, They did not speak at first then finally a man said hello in a strange accent. I straight away put the phone down. Googled the phone number and found all this! Its a disgrace it needs to be stopped

This is 1st Call Claims we used an Indian call centre back in July and August who dialled from this prefix we stopped them from dialling for us due to mis selling we are now getting some calls from people thinking they are calling on our behalf because of previous posts in this thread .They seem to be making fraudulent calls now to uk customers please hang up if they call they are nothing to with any claims Company and will probably try and defraud you

9th February 2012
I had a call this morning same scam claiming repayment of bank charges. They even had my credit card number. I refused them information and said I would do a check on them, they hung up. Did 1471 got the number reported it to police,trading standards and consumer direct and warned my contacts.
It left a nasty taste in my mouth and I felt sick and wobbly afterwards.  I am 68 yrs of age and thankfully not senile. I suppose greed could be the letdown of some people.  
There will always be some ba...... who will not work for their money.  It needs stopping!