The Economist subscription calls—how to stop them!

Summary — +448451200983

Untrustworthy
Caller Name: The economist
Caller Type: Telemarketing
Location: United Kingdom
Reviews: 89
Carrier: —, Region: —

Expert Opinion

Yesterday evening, a familiar UK‑originating number kept popping up on my screen, demanding a subscription renewal for The Economist. The pattern matches classic telemarketing: repeated calls, pressure to confirm personal details, and vague promises of discounts. Callers often claim official status, yet they avoid leaving voicemails or written confirmation. The safest move is to block the number on your handset and report it to your carrier’s spam‑filter service. If the caller asks for payment details, hang up—legitimate companies will never request card numbers over an unsolicited call. Register your number on the national Do‑Not‑Call list and consider a third‑party call‑blocking app for extra protection.

Caller Categories

Telemarketing
29×
Harassment Call
23×
Company
Spam
Unknown

Caller Names

The economist
17×
Economist
10×
telemarketer
The Economist Magazine
telemarketing

Details

Location: United Kingdom
Number type: ratings.phone_number_type_list.4

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Telemarkiting call recieved

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The Economist subscription cancellation followup

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Avoid answering

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Telemarketer from the Economist, just checking subscription details. Not pushy, but still unsolicited.

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Recieved three calles in four dayes. After picking up, a male voice with British accent asked to confirm my personal informations (including email and home adress) is correct, before he introduced himself and the company. I didnt tell him whether the informations were correct, but insisted on asking him about his identiy. He said he was from The Economist Subscription Servises, and that I had an unsuccesful subscription order of The Economist this May (which is the case). I started to wonder why he was caling me from the UK, as I was in the Asia-Pacific area when I attempted to subscribe, and the oficial letters from the Economist were always from Singapore. Then he started to promote a 12-week digital package with discount, and insisted on asking if I had VISA card in hand and could tell him the number, so he could immediatly help me subscribe the package. By this time, I doubted seriosly that they were faking the number and trying to cheat me. So I asked why they couldnt send an email to me directly, and he answered that email was not safe while the telephone was encrypted. Sensing my disbeleif, he continued that this was the oficial number of The Economist, and that I could google online. Finaly, I said I would have better check for myself for later consideration, and he suddenly sped up his speech and said hurriedly "thank you have a nice day bye bye".

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Economist subscription ended but still calling

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Economist Subscriptions team called

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Invoice showed £0.46 charge for calll

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Telemarketer keep calling, very annoyingly

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Telemarketing from The Economiss

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Annoying telemarketing call

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Economist subscription services survey

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Renewal of subscription

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Economist companie

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Pushing subscription renewal

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No message after call

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Economist subsription services contacted me again

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no talk when cal is answered

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Economist magazin

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harassment and persistance

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Telemarketing from Economist

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Foreign caller identified

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This numbr calles me alot, its wierd becuse im from holland, they mite be stalking me

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Following the expiration of my subscription, I received contact from the Economist.

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Nice experiance with prescribtion renewal, very friendly and helpfull peoples

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It appears that this number is used to verify whether a line is active, potentially to sell the number to other spammers or for telemarketing purposes, and it is advisable to block such calls.

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Televendeur is calling

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Contact was made by The Economist Magazine regarding an expired subscription.

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Kept on hold for over an hour, moving from position 16 to 0, and then another 15 minutes on hold. Absolutely appalling!

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Looks like it's The Economist again, they've been chasing me since my subscription expired, I'm just ignoring them!

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