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[cubagirl]

Hubby received a phone call today, not the first, from National Accident helpline, about an accident he's never had! He told them for the umpteenth time to stop phoning. The person at the other end called him a downright liar! Well that was it. Hubby exploded, demanding to speak to a supervisor. They  continued to say he was lying. They were looking for someone with a different name who supposedly had given them our number.  Of course it came through as a withheld number, so we can't block it. I've told him to complain, but he fears they will plague us more. As a rule we don't answer withheld numbers, but he'd just come off the phone to internet supplier & thought they were returning our call.

Thankfully he has calmed down.   

[Pennyfarthing]

 same here!  Someone drove straight across a X roads and smashed into son's car. It was a right off and he got a broken arm and lots of bruising.

This was about 10 years ago and within days he was getting called and they carried on for year sadly.

[CLKD]

Tell them to send you a letter from their Solicitor with the date, place, time of accident as well as witnesses.

I also quote 'telephone preference service' which should stop them! 

Trading Standards may well be compiling a list too.

[Ju Ju]

Nuisance calls are very annoying and intrusive. My old mobile phone was bombarded with them. As only a few people knew my number, it was easy to not answer unknown numbers. I also got texted by Hermes, a courier firm, about some parcel left in the north of England several times a day. After complaining by email, the texts stopped for a couple of weeks, then restarted. I bought my new phone sooner than intended and did not keep my old number. Those texts are now going into Internet ether!

We were cold called by Anglian windows regularly. I tended to be rude saying if we needed new windows they would be the last company we would consider. I think my DHs answer was better. He inquired whether they could double glaze his car!

[CLKD]

  ……… 'telephone preference service' if I remember is my first response.

[Taz2]

I've had two of these this week. Found this online though https://www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk/policy-against-cold-calling

Taz x

[Pennyfarthing]

Anything home improvement related tell them you don't own the house, you rent it so it's down to the landlord!

S x

Or tell them you've got everything. I do and we have!

[cubagirl]

TPS only works if you have a number, same with call blocking on our phone.

We did read that thanks Taz. Hubby says if they do it again he's going to leave the phone off the hook until they get bored. Not sure that'll work, but who knows. My son has been getting calls too. Neither have had an accident.

[Dana]

Is this actually a legitimate organisation? I'm in Australia and I've had similar calls and they are scams.

Don't even bother trying to argue with them. Just hang up straight away. The more you respond to them the less likely they will be to leave you alone.

They haven't confused you with anyone else, and no one has given them your number. They are scammers who are probably after credit card or bank account details.

[littleminnie]

Get a phone that filters the calls. We've not had a nuisance call since we bought it 18 months ago. Best thing we ever bought.

[Taz2]

Is this actually a legitimate organisation? I'm in Australia and I've had similar calls and they are scams.

Don't even bother trying to argue with them. Just hang up straight away. The more you respond to them the less likely they will be to leave you alone.

They haven't confused you with anyone else, and no one has given them your number. They are scammers who are probably after credit card or bank account details.

The National Accident Helpline is a legitimate organisation but what they say on their website is that other companies cold call pretending to be them. The real NAH never cold call

Taz x

[CLKD]

Telephone Preference Service needs the land-line number.  All Companies planning on cold calling have to check each number …. of course it's easier and cheaper for them not to do so!  It can be problematic for those who buy phone lists from Companies if TPS numbers are left on those lists!

[CLKD]

This is of course something that BT could stop.  But it would probably cost 'too much'.  Even devices that should 'block' numbers don't always work.  I get them on the my mobile too 

[flutterby]

We signed up for TPS and it was absolutely useless. When I mentioned it to cold callers, I could tell most of them could not have given a damn. My husband who had retired was becoming demented so we eventually got BT call guardian and so far not 1 call has come through. Has some disadvantages eg when I was working because calls went through a switchboard so had to go through a short caller ID. Flutterbyx

[cubagirl]

Managed to trace. Hubby said there was no number, but there was, so now blocked on our phone.