have you ever been called from a tel number 00845 and so on i thought if it had 00 in front it was from abroad. no one spoke!!!
any clues?
2006-10-20 05:14:41 · 14 answers · asked by sonia 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
sorry chubbs for sounding vague, someone rang on my landline, i did 1471 the number started with 00 845 ******* no one spoke. i thought numbers with 00 were from abroad could be a call centre i guess!!
2006-10-20 05:17:59 · update #1
I got one the other day from an 00845, I dialled 1471, wrote down the number and removed the first 0 from it. It was a courtesy call from a Catalogue company, LX Direct. They are getting as bad as double glazing and kitchen sales callers.
hope this helps :)
2006-10-20 05:22:24 · answer #1 · answered by Karen J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is usaully a computer from a credit firm or something like that.
The computer has your number on its list to do that day. It will call your number and if you pick up but there isnt an actual person available then obviously the computer cannot speak so nothing....
2006-10-20 05:19:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry it's just a sales call, they use a computerized auto dialing system, which should switch the call to the next free Sales person, but sometimes there's nobody free to take the call, so you just get a ghost call.
2006-10-20 05:20:18 · answer #3 · answered by Gazpode55 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u must be from the uk it happens to me 3 or 4 times a week it could be an english company where there tele sales is abroad i.e india
2006-10-20 05:19:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really hate that. They let it ring a couple of times & when you answer they cut off, when you 1471 it you cany call it back. I suspect its some dodgy money making scam!!
2006-10-20 05:24:22 · answer #5 · answered by K-9 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had some strange calls a while ago, but BT helped by putting me on caller ID and by rejection of calls from witheld numbers.
2006-10-20 05:17:44 · answer #6 · answered by ALAN Q 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Usually call centres,automatically dialling numbers then not able to talk to you as talking to some other cold call.
2006-10-20 05:25:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is definately from abroad...do what I do, if no-one speaks or you hear the phone ringing on the on the other end hang up straight away.
2006-10-20 05:33:51 · answer #8 · answered by debs1701 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is a # frm abroad. It is probably an indian call cent. This is called cold-calling and you can't call them back.
2006-10-20 05:16:48 · answer #9 · answered by siany warny 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, sorry. It is really annoying but I think best to let it go...it was probably from telemarketers in India selling mobile phones!
It's never as interesting as you think it might be so probably not worth being bugged over!
2006-10-20 05:16:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋