Unwanted Texts Warning!

[PeteB]

If you get any unwanted text messages about mis-sold policies, insurance or accident claims, delete them, do not answer to anything.....

 

I had a bump in Stoke last September and since not long after, I've been mythered by txt messages advising me that I due a chunk of money etc. Reply "yes" to claim and "stop" if received in error.

 

I replied "stop" because there was nothing wrong with me and I truly detest the "ambulance chase" culture that the nation is sliding into.

 

I have been receiving phone calls from unknown numbers since then, a rate of 4 x daily at times. I eventually bust a gut and have a lovely conversation with one adviser that hates her job, but it pays the bills. She tells me that by replying, I set the ball in motion, the trick is to delete the message and move on....Non of the advisers would give me any contact details so I could complain an many of them could not delete me from the database!

[alex_m]

I get them occasionally for an accident I've never had. My house phone rings all the time for ppi claims. Luckily mostly while I'm at work so I don't hear it.

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Report the numbers to the phone firm and it will block them in future.

[Treewolf]

A lot of people are unaware that you can register mobile numbers with the telephone Preference Service, just as you can domestic numbers.

 

All my phones are now registered, and it has cut down on this problem for me.