What sort of phone call is this?

**TS Ron** · 17-10-11, 18:47

Originally Posted by DestinysAngels

Geewhiz, this is the sort of number you ignore, lol!

I had the exact same number appearing on my id call and this woman enquiring whether she can enquire about the computers in my house so I rudely said NO! What puzzled me is that our telephone is not listed in the telephone directory so where would she of got my number from? This was some lady that spoke to me there after I got a few more calls which we did not answer.

**voldermort** · 17-10-11, 18:56

Originally Posted by Gogga And The Fairy

I had the exact same number appearing on my id call and this woman enquiring whether she can enquire about the computers in my house so I rudely said NO! What puzzled me is that our telephone is not listed in the telephone directory so where would she of got my number from? This was some lady that spoke to me there after I got a few more calls which we did not answer.

This is exactly what is worrying me as well, our telephone number too is not listed so where are they finding the numbers from?
All I can think of is perhaps there is a leak from Telkom, the ADSL section?

**TS Ron** · 17-10-11, 19:22

Voldermort you do not think it could be the banks perhaps? As we have truly been very secretive about our number.

**lilythepink** · 17-10-11, 20:34

I think most of the scammers just make up their own numbers - haven't you noticed how often they ask you for your name before they tell you what they want?

Anyone who phones us and wants to know our names (or pretends they want to speak to someone else and then asks for our names) is shoved off and the receiver replaced immediately.

**staccato** · 17-10-11, 21:02

These calls are all scam or people trying to get into your pc, then try and find passwords etc that you use for banking, airtime or similar, Just tell them to @*&^% off!

**booksallsizes** · 25-10-11, 18:03

Got one of these calls today ... saying that there are serious problems with my computer ... it really is horrible, especially if the reason they think it's worth trying is because people are falling for it... I wonder if Telkom can control these sort of things, there should be a hotline or something where you can report these numbers so they get blocked. I know they'll just use another number but it would be great to make things more difficult for them.