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Nuisance-calls

Posts tagged with "nuisance-calls"

19 November 2020 in Scams

Scam alert: COVID-19 vitamin pill cold calls

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Cold callers are taking advantage of people keen to stay healthy during the pandemic by offering cut-price vitamins and supplements. Here’s what to watch out for.

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19 November 2020 in Money

Scam call warning: Amazon Prime ‘renewal’

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An automated scam call is impersonating Amazon Prime, telling victims their subscription will be ‘renewed’ for £39.99. Here’s what you need to watch out for.

more on scams

5 August 2019 in Community

The power of the Which? community

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When I wrote my very first Which? Conversation profile page – back in 2010 – I said that ‘I believe in the power of debate’. I absolutely still do. Especially the power of the Which? community.

(more about the power of community…)

30 July 2019 in Money

Scam warning: fake phone calls from the ‘Visa’ fraud department

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A complex scam involving phone calls from ‘Visa’ followed by the ‘police’ is currently doing the rounds. Here’s what you need to watch out for.

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9 July 2019 in Technology

Scam watch: terrified by abusive cold call

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We were contacted when a person was left shaken by an attempted number-spoofing scam. The ordeal didn’t end with the abusive call – here’s what happened.

on scams

17 December 2018 in Technology

Win! Nuisance calls bosses will be hit with big fines

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New laws come into place today to make company directors accountable for plaguing people with nuisance calls. How soon could the Information Commissioner’s Office use their new powers?

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10 September 2018 in Home & Energy

Update: why nuisance call bosses should be hit with big fines

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We’ve been making progress in our fight against nuisance calls. And now we’re demanding the government impose tough sanctions against directors of nuisance call companies.

(on nuisance calls…)

10 May 2018 in Money

Have you been targeted by the ‘Wangiri’ phone scam?

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Are you one of thousands of people to have received a call from a random, international number in recent months? You may have been the target of an international scam. Our guest, John Mitchison from the DMA, explains more…

(on scams…)

20 December 2017 in Home & Energy, Technology

Updated: what does the Digital Economy Act mean for you?

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Digital UK

The Digital Economy Bill has finished its passage through Parliament and is finally law, but what does it mean for your rights in the digital age? (more on the Digital Economy Act 2017…)

8 December 2017 in Home & Energy

Do you need to silence nuisance calls?

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Call blocking devices are a recent development in the ongoing battle to stop nuisance calls. Frances Wilson from National Trading Standards explains how these devices are silencing nuisance calls in particular for people with dementia.

(more about protection against nuisance calls…)

27 September 2017 in Money

Baroness Ros Altmann: ‘Can more be done to stamp out cold calls by CMCs?’

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The government is looking to change the way Claims Management Companies are regulated, but will the proposed rules go far enough to protect us? Our guest, Baroness Altmann, thinks more can be done. (more on Claims Management Companies regulation…)

21 June 2017 in Home & Energy

Queen’s Speech 2017: did it deliver for you?

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Queen's Speech 2017

After a tumultuous few weeks in British politics, the Government tried to introduce some certainty in today’s Queen’s Speech by setting out a big agenda of new legislation it wants to pass in the next two years. So what do you make of today’s proposals?

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7 April 2017 in Technology

Could more be done to protect the most vulnerable from nuisance callers?

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The government has committed to funding 1,500 call blockers for the most vulnerable in society – particularly those suffering with dementia. While this is great news, could more be done to protect the most vulnerable from this modern-day menace?

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24 January 2017 in Home & Energy, Technology

Can BT’s call-divert service really cut off nuisance callers?

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Cutting off nuisance calls

Nuisance calls are a big problem. In response, BT has a launched a new, free nuisance call-divert service. Guest author Kelly from BT Consumer explains how it works. (more on BT’s nuisance call-divert service…)

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