020380808

[Doofus]

These fkers keep calling me. That's the number that appears on my mobile, and I know it's not a 'valid' UK phone number.

I've Googled it, and got precisely nowt.

Who are they? I don't get cold calls from anyone else, which is why I'm curious.

[Bungleaio]

Have you tried answering?

[Doofus]

Yes.

I'm obviously on an auto dialler.

The call went like this:

Me: Hello?
Him:...
Me:...
Him: Is this Doofus? (not actually what he called me)
Me: Who's that?
Him:...
Me: If you're not going to speak, I'm going to do something else with my day
Him:...
Me: *click*

[Fishtigua]

Congratulations.

You have a stalker.

[GregK2]

Is that the full tel no.? googling it usually tells you who it is..

[Doofus]

GregK2 said:

Is that the full tel no.? googling it usually tells you who it is..

[Hackney]

Doofus said:

Yes.

I'm obviously on an auto dialler.

The call went like this:

Me: Hello?
Him:...
Me:...
Him: Is this Doofus? (not actually what he called me)
Me: Who's that?
Him:...
Me: If you're not going to speak, I'm going to do something else with my day
Him:...
Me: *click*

What actually did he call you, your real name or something else?
Note when and how often you're called whether you answer or not, call police non-emergency to report.

[Doofus]

He used my real name, first and surname.

They've called me four times in the past week. The first time, because I'm on Vodafone, my bloody phone didn't ring, and I then got a notification of a missed call. The second time I rejected the call. The third time, today, I answered it, and had the above conversation. The fourth time is shown in my photo above, and I rejected this too.

[Otispunkmeyer]

http://www.area-codes.org.uk/london-0203-numbers.p...


google says 020 numbers are a London UK number?

Apparently 0203 was introduced because they ran out of 0207 and 0208. Normally reserved for businesses with multiple phone lines. I'd just ignore it.

[toasty]

I got one of those calls and now I earn $800000/hour watching smut at home. You can too, just call 020380808 to sign up.

[Doofus]

Otispunkmeyer said:

http://www.area-codes.org.uk/london-0203-numbers.p...


google says 020 numbers are a London UK number?

Apparently 0203 was introduced because they ran out of 0207 and 0208. Normally reserved for businesses with multiple phone lines. I'd just ignore it.

Because of the length of the numbrr, I don't believe it is a London caller. I intend to ignore them; although I want to know who they are, because I don't believe I'm on any cold calling lists, as I never get unsolicited calls from boiler rooms.

[marshalla]

Otispunkmeyer said:

http://www.area-codes.org.uk/london-0203-numbers.p...


google says 020 numbers are a London UK number?

Apparently 0203 was introduced because they ran out of 0207 and 0208. Normally reserved for businesses with multiple phone lines. I'd just ignore it.

Yes, but there aren't enough other digits for it to be a valid UK number. Problem is that a lot of the scammer/spammer VOIP systems allow them to use non-existent and/or invalid numbers as the outgoing number for caller ID.

The telecoms systems aren't smart enough to reject them.

[Otispunkmeyer]

Yes just reading this now, real number of course should be 020 and then 8 digits. This has 6. It appears they can spoof it somehow to make it look like theyre coming from London?

[bmthnick1981]

Why not just block the number?

[Doofus]

That's not really the issue. I just want to know who they are, but until I do, I'd prefer not to talk to them

[C.A.R.]

Maybe the poor chap just has a really bad speech impediment?

Perhaps Gareth Gates has fallen on hard times and now works in a call centre?

[v8250]

A quick google search takes you to...

Agence de communication et de publicité Poly Design

54 Route De Saoula Sebala Draria,Draria, Alger, Algérie
Tél. : [phone]
Fax : [phone]

http://pjalgerie.com/agence_de_communication_et_de...

OP, you've clearly won the Algerian National Lottery, call them post haste...!

[Hackney]

Otispunkmeyer said:

http://www.area-codes.org.uk/london-0203-numbers.p...


google says 020 numbers are a London UK number?

Apparently 0203 was introduced because they ran out of 0207 and 0208. Normally reserved for businesses with multiple phone lines. I'd just ignore it.

No longer reserved for business, our home number is 020 3XXX XXXX
Code for London is now 020, not 0208, 0207 etc

Curiously, from my work phone I can dial 8123 4567, 7123 4567 but not 3123 4567. I have to dial the whole 020 3123 4567

[soad]

Doofus said:

Which phone is that?

[Doofus]

HTC One. A year or so old, not the latest one.