insurance scam

[Neil]

wife had a call from our motor insurers saying the policy s run out and she can renew now with a discount she could nt recall anything due so told him to ring later when i got back he was persistant but she ended the call we have no renewals due so i contacted the insurance people who knew nothing of the call or renewal but was concerned how the scammer got hold of insurance details and the witheld number did nt ring back beware

[jay]

if you wanted to you can report the calls to BT or who ever you may be with and they will follow it up even if its a withheld number they know where the call came from.

[Neil]

good point however i do pay a monthly fee so withheld numbers cannot connect also im on the telesales call rejection list but the scam call past them both

[stivh]

Similiar problem here but via my business line persistant calls to the missus re insurance/telephones/gas or electric she swears blind she never gave out the number any where but I reckon it must be from some other third party that has linked us together via the post code for example AA and Centrica.

I also had an insurance call from an employee that had changed firms and had obviously cleared out the next three months business prospectus with him and was probably looking for additional new business bonus with the new employer. Atleast that's what my insurer suspected?

When ever we get an annoying call now we ask them to wait and then leave the phone by the side of a small voice tape recorder that either plays the monty pythons "Always look on the bright side of life" / the tune "I know a song that'll get on yah nerves" / or just plain back ground noise of me driving the van. They soon get the message.