02256800256

Well they are persistent (but very stupid) - usual strong foreign accent telling me he is called something that sounds English (Charles Harold James etc) - crap about bank charges so I asked how on earth he knew what my bank charges were - said he was calling on behalf of the UK High Court!  Laughed at him and told him he needed to change his script and f*** off - needless to say the phone line went dead.

Not sure how anyone can fall for this but I suppose everyone wants to think everyone else is honest, mix that with a bit of greed/stupidity and there you go..........................

(I was once called by someone saying "Hello sir, my name is Huge" - So I asked him to repeat it with the same result, I then asked him to spell it, and of course he spelled it H - U - G - H !  LOL)

Called to tell me something about bank charges in an Indian accent which was too strong for me to understand. They hung up as soon as I asked them what name the account was under. And they didn't block their number.

Amateur prats, if you want my details you really need to put more effort in!!

just had the call from 02256800256. indian bloke who said there was money owed to me. he wanted my credit card no. not sure how he knew the first 4 digits. refused to give the rest of the no. and after about 15mins listening to the same story from him including how the call was recorded. i asked for his company name and address which he gave me eventually as Uk department of finance. 38-40 Leslie st, Eastbourne. BN22 8JB.
i said if there was money owed to me then send me conformation of this in writing as they already have my address which was given to me at the start of the call.
Scam!
I'm on the telephone preference service but seem to be getting more and more of these fake calls.
Its a sad world we live in when there are so many who want to con us out what little we have.

Had several of the very same calls today, as the previous threads, calling from my bank and that I was due a refund of charges, despite the fact I've already claimed all my ppi's back, knew my details and which bank I was with.
Smelt a scam straight away. Best thing to do is Hang Up.

Still going with the same scam, Indian femail called this morning offering to refund charges. As soon as I said I wasn't interrested in her scam the line went dead. As we all know where the calls come from (02256800256) can't they be blocked?

We were called 24th feb early evening and the address they used was 10 years old. I wouldn't give him my bank details and he said my account would be frozen. He then became what I would describe as extremely abusive and in a very sexual nature. I passed the call to my husband but that did not deter him. They obviously know they cannot be traced. The next 6 calls we let go straight to answer machine and he said nothing.

just had a call from this number - let it go to answerphone. was left a rather garbled message with lots of background noise. after getting the number via 1471 I checked this site only to find out its yet another scamline...like the majority of people on here I refuse to give my personal and/or banking details out over the phone.

called twice today by 02256800256 but no one answered and it then cut off, beware of this scam if it gets through.

My mother got a call from this number a few days ago, an Indian-sounding man supposedly representing her bank.  He quoted her name as in the phone book, and the first few numbers of her bank card.  She didn't give any bank details, then reported the call to the police and her bank.  But she was quite upset and stressed by this experience.

IF YOU GET A CALL FROM 02256800256

DON'T EVER GIVE ANY INFORMATION - especially bank account details, date of birth, address or any other personal information.

REPORT THE CALL IMMEDIATELY - to your bank and the local police.

CONSIDER GOING EX-DIRECTORY - your family, friends and business contacts know your phone number already, scammers don't need to have their life made easier by finding you in the phone book.

SAVE THE PHONE NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE DIRECTORY CALLING THE ENTRY "SCAM" - if they phone again, you will know when the phone rings - don't answer calls from this number.

This 'company' rings almost everyday asking for someone who has never lived here. I finally had enough brain power to ask them who they are before telling them they had the wrong number and I was told it wasnt a company just something to do with finance. The foriegn man then carried on talking eventually shouting until i hung up.

This is not the only 'company' asking for the same person so I would think the information they have is getting passed around quite a lot.

the number 02256800256 is a scam.yes they do ask for your date of birth and say you are due a refund.i contacted police 4 months ago and now they are starting to phone again.told them the call was being recorded they then put the phone down

Recieved a call from this no. Uk finance  I said Can you tell  me which company you  are working for repeated it .they then rang off/
Pity nothing can be done about them.wonder if many people have been swindled. Think its a waste of time to report to trading standards.Would they or could they do anything about them.
They have rung more than once.

I received a call from this number.....? some finance company saying I'd paid bank charges that were illegal,mand they would like to pay the money back to me.Thay then asked if I would like a cheque or the amount paid into my account.......After I firmly replied that I wasn't aware that I'd ever paid bank charges, they very rudely hung up......Guess they could have been after my bank details!

Guy with heavy Indian accent called wanting to refund bank charges, either by cheque or directly into my bank account...apart from the fact you could hardly understand a word he was saying, wanted bank details etc. Hung up on him.

keep getting calls from this number and several similar

Just received another call from 02256800256 and had one yesterday from 0492256800256..Asian accented male said he was ringing from the UK Finance Department!!!!! He had correct name and title with my phone details!!! When I stated there was no such thing as the UK Finance Department he rang off.

BEWARE, EVERYONE!
I will literally blow a whistle down the line the next time I receive a call from one of the foreign numbers. They lie and they have no conscience whatsoever.

this number is bloody persistant i tell you rung us 22  times today we  left phone ring never answerd call but was ringing for 20 mins at a time  non stop please help us it annoying we both pensioners here it stops ringing then  carrys on again trying   every  time  and every bloody day  too

had a call from these people today. I didn't recognise the number on my caller display so i blocked the call. I have a call blocking device on my line so will never be bothered by them again.

Unwanted phone call from a call centre ?

Got a call from this number today stating that we are being charged illegal bank charges

When challenged about which account this referred to as we have more than one the caller immediately rang off having given us a bogus phone number when asked!

Checked this number and it appears to come from the Ivory Coast