Unexpected Hang-Ups: Scam?

Summary — +442046012606

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Caller Name: (scam)
Caller Type: Harassment Call
Location: United Kingdom
Reviews: 19

Expert Opinion

Silent hang-ups that echo through the line reveal a brazen tactic from persistent callers. Reports overwhelmingly point to this number as a hub for car finance scams, where fraudsters pose as representatives from vague groups, probing for details on past purchases to push dubious claims or deals. No legitimate outfit behaves this way—dead air or abrupt disconnections scream evasion. Block it immediately and report to your provider or Action Fraud to curb the nuisance. If they persist via variants, enable call screening on your phone. Chatting back might waste their time, but hanging up swiftly protects yours. Stay vigilant; these pests thrive on unanswered curiosity.

Caller Categories

Harassment Call
Scam
Unknown
Other

Caller Names

(scam)
scam
Polly
finance (scam)
Car finance (scam)

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Recent Reports for 020 4601 2606

442046012606 Harassment Call

I ignored the call as the number was unknown, yet they kept dialing.

442046012606 Harassment Call

The phone rang, I answered, heard nothing, then after ten seconds the line dropped. I've blocked the number.

442046012606 Scam Call center

A call centre lady, shouting with an indecipherable accent, told me I'd been mis‑sold car finance – yet I've never owned a vehicle.

442046012606 Unknown

A call landed on my seldom‑used spare phone; the South African speaker never identified themselves, asked for a random female name, and when I said it was the wrong number they pressed further. I refused to give any information, hung up, and noticed a Facebook tracking pixel reference in the Google report.

442046012606 Scam Car finance (scam)

Another car‑finance swindle hit my phone; they kept tweaking one digit to ring several times daily, so I answered just to waste their time before they hung up in frustration.

442046012606 Scam Scam

It appeared as a spam scan call; I didn’t answer and the line was terminated.

442046012606 Harassment Call (scam)

Fraudsters were on the line.

442046012606 Unknown

The operator called me by name, then cut the line before I could reply.

442046012606 Harassment Call Polly

Polly from the Car Group rang to ask if I’d bought a vehicle between 2018 and 2021; I lied and said 2022, then claimed it was electric, and finally let my daughter scream into the handset.

442046012606 Scam Call centre (scam)

An Asian call centre tried to scam me; I asked about Bangalore’s weather and they cut the line. Cheers.

442046012606 Harassment Call (scam)

A fraudulent call was received.

442046012606 Unknown

I never picked up the phone.

442046012606 Scam finance (scam)

It rang a few times, then the caller hung up after I checked it was a finance scam, so I blocked the number.

442046012606 Unknown scam

When you pick up, you hear a dead‑air tone – likely a scam.

442046012606 Harassment Call

When they called, I answered to hear a dead line before the call was cut; I’ve blocked the number now.

442046012606 Harassment Call

The line continues to ring despite being reported to the provider; no voicemail is left and attempts to block it fail as the scammers use different numbers, even on landlines, to push finance or mobile‑deal offers.

442046012606 Harassment Call

Number: 0204 601 2606

442046012606 Scam (scam)

An autodialled call came through with no message left – clearly a scam.

442046012606 Other

Random call with no clear purpose—just a brief disturbance.

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