http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com Find Out Who's Been Calling You... Thu, 29 May 2008 11:04:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay this is now revised: this is NOT just cold-calling, this appears to be a scam and possibly an illegal scam at that. -------------------------------- Another one of their numbers: 0800 4220295 (08004220295, 0800 422 0295 or 08004 220 295) Another annoying number: 0800 4220293 (08004220293, 0800 422 0293 or 08004 220 293). This ... http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com/2008/05/21/capital-one/ Recently I applied for a loan - not to clear debts or 'lower my monthly repayments' but for a business venture I have going. And ever since then, I have been phoned, text'ed and e-mailed numerous times - with calls ranging from "We understand you have £xxxx debt, and ... http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com/2007/09/25/loan-company-scams-cash-finance-direct/ 08700 668 408 (08700 668408) has already called me a few times and keep just hanging up. Calling them back - which I advise you DON'T do! - just says number not recognised (but this is there system advising me this, not my phone provider, I think... bad!). My advice ... http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com/2007/08/02/a-nasty-one-08700668408/ 01517072125 (01517 072125) - from "Clear Contact" - an injury compensation company. The girl insisted it was not a "sales call" - but, of course, it is! Guess what: If I have had an injury, I'd remember! And, if I believed I was owed compensation, I'd get in contact with ... http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com/2007/05/23/another-cold-caller/ I run a business in IT, and was looking at starting another in a different sector, so was checking out the rates and availability of business loans. Naturally, I applied to a few places on the Internet specifically for business loans only!Lo and behold, the next day I got ... http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com/2007/04/22/debt-busting-phone-calls/ And another number - 01563 551351 (01563 551351) called, which apparently is a scam/mobile phone contract company. Ignore them! Do not phone them back, it just gives them grounds to call more! This number is also not mentioned much online so hopefully this'll help out a few folk! Let me ... http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com/2007/04/13/another-annoying-number/ Thanks to feedback from some of CCD's visitors - and a few calls I've had myself - here's a further list of numbers being added. Whilst there isn't a full database in operation I'm afraid that I haven't listed where these calls come from - but they're all the type ... http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com/2007/03/06/more-numbers-added-today/ As the site's getting listed on Google now, I'd like to welcome any new visitors to the site; please use this site to post any numbers that you get called by that you believe to be cold-calling - by that, I mean Trying to sell you a mobile phone who's ... http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com/2007/03/01/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-cold-callers/ I'd be interested to hear what people would like to see in the Cold Calling Database; Do you have any particular desires for output? Would an XML output be handy for any of you with telephone systems? Or would you rather just having a big list you can search? Would some ... http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com/2007/02/27/interested-to-hear-your-thoughts/ With many thanks from Vinlai.com - here's the first comprehensive list of numbers. I've got some others already in the database but sadly that won't be accessible for a day or two whilst I finish the system, so here is a plain-text list! If you've got other numbers, please do ... http://www.coldcallingdatabase.com/2007/02/23/new-numbers-added/