Have you had nuisance calls promising to stop nuisance calls?

They tried with me today saying the were Telephone Preference Marketing – they had name and post code and asked if I paid my TPS with a credit/debit card expiring next year. To which I replied I don’t pay for this service and to leave me off their list.

My parents(in Cumbria) have just received calls from someone pretending to be from the TPS, again he had name and address of where he was calling and knew or guessed that they were registered with TPS he began by asking if they were still receiving nuisance calls, my mum confirmed that she was they discussed this, he asked if she paid by direct debit and when she said that wasn’t relevant as it was a free service he became aggressive, she put the phone down, he rang back twice and was not happy that I would not pass the phone to her and would not give me his name and number his parting shot was tell your mother I have just debited £50.00 from her card. This is no doubt a scam but very concerning for the vulnerable people who receive these calls.

I have received a number of scam phone calls over the years relating to a ‘Paid for TPS service’. It goes like this:
[Caller]: “Do you remember that, a while ago, you paid for us to set up a service to stop you getting unwanted phone calls?”
[Me]: “No”
[Comment I don’t remember because I know that I did not!]
[Caller]: “Not to worry, it was some time ago. The good news is that all the work has now been done, we have written to all the companies which may want to contact you and we are ready to enable the service. All that is left to do is to send you the documentation.”
[Comment: I don’t know how happy I would be if I thought I was really dealing with a company which took such a long time to act. However, considering the number of companies I have dealt with in the past, and then adding on all the remaining companies in the world who might want to call to me, I can imagine that it would take a week or two!]
[Caller]: “Obviously, for security purposes, we would not want to send this documentation to the wrong person, so, to verify that you are the person who placed the order – all I need you to do is confirm the card you used to make the payment.”
[Comment: He has my phone number – which is what he is supposed to have blocked – but just remember that this is a scam.]
[Caller]: “If you tell me the bank which issued your card, then I will tell you some of the digits of the card number, and then you tell me some – that way we can both be sure that we are talking to the right person.”
[Comment: The first few digits of the card number identify the issuing bank – so if I tell him the issuer, he will know the first few digits. He then wants me to tell him the ones he cannot guess.]

At this point in the call I refused to cooperate. On one occasion, the caller told me that if I did not give him the details, that would be tantamount to cancelling the policy and they would charge a cancellation fee, equal to the original fee, against my card. I told him that would be fine!

Was called today by “Jennifer “, strange …. same name as me purporting to be ringing on behalf of TPS to see if I was still getting nuisance calls, she new my address and phone no details . She also said my debit card was due to expire in December….. wrong, this made me suspicious so I told her I was going to end the call as I never discuss card details over the phone, although the line stayed live there was no response what so ever from her so I put the phone down.

Also had a call from Telephone Preference Management Service today. They already had my name, address, post code and year of expiry on my card, asked me to read out the 6 digit number on the left of the card (sort code) but I refused!

Have had several calls over the past fortnight asking to speak to the ‘Lady of the House’ or if my husband answered the home owner. They ring and ring at all hours of the day until they get a reply. They are phoning from a UK number. The first was 01335470045 and the most recent apparently a London number as advised by the caller himself 02036305457. They speak with Indian accents.
They are trying to sell Telephone Preference Services which I explained I was already registered with and should not be getting their calls. I have asked them to stop calling but this seems to be falling on deaf ears.
I have read some comments online about these people (UK Preference Services?) sorry I couldn’t write their name in full properly as they speak so quickly as I believe they don’t want you to have time to think properly.
People have made comment on them knowing their bank details.
I am very concerned about this company who can only be a bunch of scammers/crooks .
Can’t the Government do something about these people and if they can’t catch them (they are no doubt abroad) can’t they prosecute the telephone company who provides them with the UK telephone numbers they are using to hide behind?

I am phoned several times a day by these people, always the same number 0203…..and don’t always answer, but did today. Exactly as everyone else says, they say they are the TPS and ask if I was still getting nuisance calls to which I replied yes. She wanted to know if I pay phone bill by direct debit and asked iif the expiry date on my debit card is such and such so she could verify that I was who she thought I was. Now I got even more suspicious than I was at the start of the call realising that none of this info is needed when you sign up forTPS. I just said that was the expiry date but she kept on asking and asked if I had the card in front of me, l just kept agreeing and eventually she said it couldn’t be that date and asked for the sort code on the card. This was enough for me so I ended the conversation with a few choice words and put the phone down.Five minutes later the phone rang again, same number,this time I didn’t give him much chance to talk after he mentioned being fromTPS. Something must be done about these scams that have being going on for too many years now, these scumbags must still being duping people into divulging card information no matter how many times people are warned.