Hang up immediately on unsolicited calls demanding personal details or probing about warranties. These patterns suggest a typical scam operation, often impersonating firms like EE to extract info for identity theft or upselling. Reports highlight silent answers, pauses with call centre noise, and accents hinting at offshore origins—red flags for fraud. Block the number straight away via your phone settings or provider app to curb repeats. Report to Action Fraud if details were shared, and consider registering with the Telephone Preference Service for fewer nuisance calls. Stay vigilant; genuine companies rarely cold-call for such queries.
Oddly, the caller, whose English wasn’t fluent, asked about guarantees on my TVs—none of which are under ten years old—so I told them it was none of their business.
After a long pause and background chatter – probably a call centre – a female caller introduced herself by first name, mentioned a TV maintenance plan but gave no company name. I hung up; my TV is an old hand‑me‑down. Grateful for the service.
This appears to be a PPI‑related scam.
Someone pretended to be EE offering discounts, requesting a handful of personal details.
Number 01983752920 appears silent.
I put the phone down as soon as I answered.
A random call came in; I hung up because I've been receiving many scam calls recently.
