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[raywilb]

for the last few months my wife & i have been called on our mobiles by various numbers usually starting with . 08., 07., or 02 - nobody on the other end, (we did soon realise not to answer them) . i believe they are whats known as marketing No,s. but what do they get out of them?

[aaronjb]

Nothing. At least, not when there's nobody there.

Picture this:

A call centre filled with 10 people, all wearing headsets.
An 'average' call lasts 2 minutes.
An automated system calls a new number every two minutes and, if you answer it, it attempts to connect you (the person it just called) to an operator - on the basis that one 'should' be available.
If one isn't available there's nobody to connect you to, so it just.. sits there.. hoping an operator comes free before you hang up.

(In reality there's probably hundreds of operators and the system is set to dial a new number every 30 seconds on the basis that they don't want the operators to ever be sitting idle - better to have ghost calls than idle operators..)

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Use this site to identify the numbers:

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08443574163


 

[waspy]

When it's a marketing call i'll sometimes put the phone on the side & let them talk to them selves until they get fed up

[Mysteryman]

I keep getting 01234567898 calling, and I have anonymous reject :-/

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I keep getting 01234567898 calling, and I have anonymous reject :-/

There are others getting calls from this number Steve.  You can add a comment here:

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01234567898

 

[Mysteryman]

I keep getting 01234567898 calling, and I have anonymous reject :-/

There are others getting calls from this number Steve.  You can add a comment here:

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01234567898

 

None of these sites ever print my comments. Can't think why.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I keep getting 01234567898 calling, and I have anonymous reject :-/

There are others getting calls from this number Steve.  You can add a comment here:

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01234567898

 

None of these sites ever print my comments. Can't think why.

    I wonder!

[Mr Skrunts]

When it's a marketing call i'll sometimes put the phone on the side & let them talk to them selves until they get fed up

My mate puts them on hands free and lets his parrot argue with them. 

[millwall]

When it's a marketing call i'll sometimes put the phone on the side & let them talk to them selves until they get fed up

My mate puts them on hands free and lets his parrot argue with them. 

quality

the only nuisance calls i get are from the mrs

[Dodger]

When it's a marketing call i'll sometimes put the phone on the side & let them talk to them selves until they get fed up

My mate puts them on hands free and lets his parrot argue with them. 

quality

the only nuisance calls i get are from the mrs

Sadly, you can't put the receiver down to stop her either !!

[millwall]

When it's a marketing call i'll sometimes put the phone on the side & let them talk to them selves until they get fed up

My mate puts them on hands free and lets his parrot argue with them. 

quality

the only nuisance calls i get are from the mrs

Sadly, you can't put the receiver down to stop her either !!

i know ive tried

[Lazydocker]

I have found that if you can speak to someone, being abusive normally gets you removed from the calling lists