I am continually getting calls – four today – about an alleged car accident that I am supposed to have had. When I question the caller as to the date of the accident they can’t tell me, but aggressively question me about it. Most people are aware that they can register their landline number with the Telephone Preference Service, which opts you out from unsolicited sales calls, but now also offers mobile owners the same option. Note, registering with the TPS will not halt unwanted sales calls from abroad, but it should halt the accident calls. It is illegal for organisations to make unsolicited sales and marketing calls to numbers registered with the TPS, unless they have a person’s consent.

Source: The Guardian November 27, 2017 07:00 UTC