How many spam telephone calls do you get a day?

lofarl · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:19

So far today my house phone has rang 6 times so far with unknown or international id's. The usual stuff, machine voice etc. I never pick them up but the calls are getting more and more frequent. Getting on my nerves.

Hyburnate · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:21

We've had 2 just now, I've just blocked the number. Sadly people like to ring us from international so I can't just block all internationals.

Glanza · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:24

On average i'll get 1 or 2 days a month where the same number keeps ringing me without leaving a message. Check up the number and it's the usual spam calls.

They've got a habit of ringing the main works number at the minute and the longest we've managed to keep one on the phone 'on hold' was 25minutes.

antijoke · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:25

Skidder · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:25

1 every couple of weeks.

Cosimo · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:27

An international a few times a week but they don't get answered.

SMN · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:28

I havent got a landline telephone so that reduces it by a LOT i imagine. I get about 1 a week on my mobile, but i have a contact called 'Spam' that it set to go straight to voicemail (love Android), so each time i decline the call and add them as a new number on my spam list - that way my phone never rings for them.

TurnipHead · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:28

1 everyone 1-2 months.

TwsT · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:28

DJMK4 · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:28

A ridiculous amount, I would say between 6-8 on my mobile, per day, including about 4 -5 texts

Mrs Seabiscuit · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:29

twice a year if that.

Freedom · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:29

Surprisingly enough I've had no calls nor any texts since I registered my number with TPS, Seem's like it actually works.

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/index.html

Trifid · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:30

About 1 a week. So annoying though! Even worse when it is a prerecorded message.

lofarl · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:32

God it seems I am way way out in the lead. I used the tps service from BT ages ago and it did seem to die down. But over the past few weeks the number has skyrocketed. It's always unknown ID or international. So I can't block them.

Everyone important has their own custom ringtone so I normally know who is calling.

dottty27 · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:35

0 but I get spam texts for ppi ect every other day

DJMK4 · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:36

Most of mine are

"We have record that you have had an accident in the last 2.5 years...

NO I HAVE NOT!!!!

Do you want to consildate your debt?

NO I DO NOT!!!!!

"Do do want to do a PPI check????

NO I DO NOT, I HAVE DONE TWO ALREADY, I AM NOT OWED ANY PPI

I have now resulted in answering the phone, ask firmly asking me to remove them from their caller list, pronto

topgun06 · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:36

About 0.2 a day on my mobile.

Greboth · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:37

Maybe 1 or 2 a month on average though occasionally do get the same one trying multiple times in one day. I occasionally get calls from random numbers so never know whether it is spam or someone I know, though if it turns out to be spam I keep add to my list of don't answer numbers.

Best ones are always where they some how ring your work phone as can waste their time passing them from one department to another.

Geeman1979 · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:39

Once a month on average.

DJMK4 · 22 Oct 2013 at 15:40

topgun06 said:
About 0.2 a day on my mobile.

How can you have 0.2 calls a day?