08000191773

Just got a reply to my 'snotty E-mail' i sent on the 20-01-09
from "Nicola Payne" <npayne@StellarBPO.co.uk>
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Good evening Mr ??????

Stellar UK works on behalf of different clients. The client that was contacting you was Affinion on behalf of Barclaycard. Allow me to apologise for the inconvenience and annoyance caused to you by the calls which you have received from us.

Let me assure you that we are an ethical and responsible company who comply with all current legislative and statutory requirements; therefore we would not wish to cause any deliberate or inadvertent offence.

I understand that you may want to contact both Affinion and Barclaycard direct so I included their contact details below:-

Affinion International Ltd
Charter Court
50 Windsor Road
Slough
SL1 2EJ
01753 828 600

Barclaycard,
Customer Relations Department,
Barclaycard House,
PO Box 5592,
Northampton,
NN4 1ZY
0844 811 9111

Finally, let me once again express our apologies for the calls and assure you that your contact number has been suppressed in our dialler system to prevent further calls from us.

Regards,
Nicola Payne
Quality Assurance Supervisor
Stellar UK
Tel:    +44 (0)1294 225 361
Fax:   +44 (0)1294 225 301
Email: npayne@StellarBPO.co.uk
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Brilliant, i do NOT have a Barcley card, nor an account with them.

Obviously this WAS a marketing call (legal evidence above)- even thought it was silent - that I-S illegal, yummy, another bank to 'screw in court'

& as for Affinion International Ltd, i shall complian to them & ICO (sod all use i know) but it does feel good & can "rattle their cage" instead

would like to remain anonymous - 17 May 2008
Just had a call from this number - the guy said he was calling from MBNA about a credit card I'd just started (which I had). He asked me for the first letter of my mother's maiden name and my date of birth, claiming it was so he could confirm that he's speaking to the right person. Stupidly I answered his questions. Then he started to ask me some more - am I in a permanent job, etc.

I said, "Why are you asking me these questions?"

He replied, "I'm just asking."

I said, "yes, but why?"

and he hung up.

HE HUNG UP?! WHAT?! WHO DOES THAT?

"I'm just asking" ?????????? what kind of a response is that? Who are these people that now have my date of birth and first letter of my mother's maiden name?

I 1471'd it to get the number, and it came back with the number above. I called it. Apparently it's a company called "Stella UK" who (surprise surprise) didn't want to speak to me. Just went straight through to recorded message.

Does anyone know anything about "Stella UK"?

From this above post...This is exactly what just now happened to me, a scotch man calling, and I had just applied for and got an MBNA card, (M&S) - (plus i already have one through sonycard) i rang MBNA and told them every detail, amazingly the irishman said 'yes its all very suspicious we dont have a third party doing our cals and specially not a 'jock'...then went on to tell me i could be a victimn of identity fraud and tried to sell me their insurance...!! he said he will ring back next week when i've had a thinkabout whether i want to buy this insurance from them , or take the risk of being scammed...YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT UP COULD YOU...!! lESSON LEARNT...do not put your proper telephone number on you application form from now on!! i think i will give my number as 08000191773.....come tothink of it no credit card i've ever applied for and got has ever rang me for anything...they only want payments at the end of the day...

claim to be from lloyds bank, are in fact Stellar UK, a call centre.
No permission to ring

Two calls today. I will forward the link for this site to Watchdog. I recommend you all do the same.

I'm annoyed not to be able to purchase a telephone that allows me to only accept numbers I put into it, pretty much on the lines of email restrictions/editing.

The technology just has to be a fact of life, but such are the vested interest it seems millions must suffer to allow others to make money from their (our) misery. Thus, no one will make it available to the public.

I will shortly be writing to and visiting my MP with a view to him taking up the cudgel and demanding the unofficial yet effective block on filtering facilities on phones, be lifted, so that those willing to purchase equipment can do so. Perhaps you could all find time to email your own MP's with a similar message and perhaps one of them can do something. Alone they seem to achieve precious little, and this goal would be non-political, so wins all round, except for the villains of the peace, the cold (hearted) callers.

I've been getting calls whilst at work so have been missing them, but they just phoned so thought I'd answer. The guy gave a name which I didn't pick up even asking him to repeat it, and said it was about a Debenhams Mastercard (which admittedly, I do have - but nobody needs to be phoning me about it). I said I didn't think he had anything worthwhile to say to me, and was going to point out the many missed calls could have been avoided by leaving me an answerphone message, but the guy got a bit offended and said that it "was the rudest thing he'd ever heard" and hung up! Obviously a sensitive soul, but my logic is if it's important, they'll leave a message.

We'll see if he tries to call back!

This number rang my mobile, 20:30 hours, caller stated was from MBA bank. I'm used to telesales on house phone, but saw my [***] at being runf on mobile, and was somewhat abrupt to the caller... not his fault I suppose, but what a apin in the [***] to receive these sorts of calls!

Had calls from these people.  My partner has just taken out a new Credit Card - ticked all the "No additional Contacts wanted" boxes but these people still ring regarding the new Credit Card pretending to be from the Card Co.  Selling Insurance or phishing? Hard to tell.  But the fact is they have been passed (sold?) her contact details by the Card Co expressly against her instructions.  We are also TPS registered. Is the FSA interested?  I guess not when they employ people like Sir James Crosby as Deputy Chairman.

Just had a call at 8.30 ..... great when you have your hands full with a 6 day old baby!

Report them to ofcom.  http://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/landline/nuisance/silent/

i have had the same number ring me quite a few times and got very annoyed with it.as we are with bt i rang them up and spoke to a member of there staff who then rang the number(08000191773)he found out it is a computer automated machine ringing people up from a call centre.which has not been configured with the tele sales staff.if you are with bt ring this number (08001218000) it is for home privacy which is free. that will stop any nuisance calls.the company that is ringing you up is stella uk.

Woman from mbna stating acting on behalf of virgin credit card selling 'identity protection'.

I had one call from this number who know this number please tell me

Call 01294 225300 this is their office number in Irvine, they do a variety of severices for other companies and ask to be removed from their call list. This is what I did, so hopefully this will stop them calling multiple time every day. Hope this helps.

My answer to the many anoying late telemarketing calls is this:

I make out i'm calling the person thay have asked for to come and talk with them. Then a get my steel bowl and place it over the phone followed be hitting it hard a few times lol They havent called me again.

Try and see!!!

I've been getting missed calls whilst at work two to three times a day from this number, then tonight they called late so I answered it but there was silence, I'm shocked at how many people this is happening to... whats the best thing to  do???

Been getting called by these people for the past couple weeks.  Have not answered.  Do you think they'll get the message?!

Daily calls from this number

They've just started ringin me now... Middle of this month, 2 calls so far in a week, simply haven't answered, will next time I think.

rings, no answer, few seconds then cuts off, sick of it, I'm sure they are somehow clawing money from me by doing this,