Re: Scam recorded calls

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:24:27 +0000 (UTC), Gordon Henderson
<gordon+usenet@drogon.net> wrote:

>In article <4ad89afe$0$2528$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
>Ken <none@none.co.uk> wrote:
>>Hi I wonder if anyone can help me.
>>
>>My wife has had a lot of recorded messages this week offering loans and
>>today she listened to the whole message at the end of which it said if you
>>want to be taken off our database press 9. I am now worried as she pressed
>>it. Is there any way it is a scam and we could of incurred some form of
>>charge. She called BT who said it was probably innocent as these calls do
>>happen but it could be a scam so can anyone help.
>
>You can't be charged. Pushing 9 just lets them know there is a human on
>the end of the line.
>
>>Also on how to stop these calls as we have a poorly person in the house who
>>doesn't want to have to get up to take these silly calls?
>
>http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/

The TPS have nothing to do with this.  If you know who is calling then
you may be able to complain to the ICO.  It takes the ICO about a year
to deal with a simple case IME.

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