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01271 500 962

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User comments about this number

There are total of 24 user comments about calls from 01271 500 962. Last comment has been made . The overall rating for 01271500962 is Dangerous. Read Disclaimer

reported 01271 500 962 as Dangerous
Indian voice. New my name and said they were bt and solicitor would be calling.

reported 01271 500 962 as Dangerous
Scam, you can here them all messing about in the background

reported 01271 500 962 as Dangerous
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Young lady from packed room with rough english went by some name to probe on vehicle loans.

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reported 01271 500 962 as Neutral
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Gal from noisy room with shaky english named sissinata or something to chat on auto loans.

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reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
3rd call from a similar number in a week. Never answer unknown numbers! Number barred.

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
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popped again just noted an hour back they tweak the end digits.

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reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
Fraud on vehicle loans blocked and sent to the watchdogs.

reported 01271 500 962 as Dangerous
Young sounding gal with accent wanted to set a meet for vehicle credit fix i said never drove one and that stumped her good.

reported 01271 500 962 as Dangerous
Sounded like a young lady with accent pushing to book a session on vehicle credit payback said i never owned one and that threw her off.

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
Keep ringing on different variants of the number (changing last digit) now ignoring and blocking calls - have blocked around four times …. but they keep trying ….

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
Silent call waited 20 seconds then they hung up.

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
Rang just now.i waited a tick then said a quiet hello. There was no reply so hung up

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
Didn't answer and it said from Barnstaple and me personally never heard of the place so didn't bother answering, although I'm pretty sure it is a scam

reported 01271 500 962 as Neutral
Said I have a pcp claim between 2017 and 2025 not true I have never spoken to them. They knew my email. Very worrying!!

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
Screen warned spam better skip seen it pop up a few times lately.

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
My carrier labeled it spam better to dodge.

reported 01271 500 962 as Dangerous
Said they were calling about PCP and that their solicitors were going to call me. I don't have anything on PCP.

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
First call claimed to be the wrong number this was from 01271 500 965 second call 30 minutes later no one spoke 01271 500 962 both numbers from the same place.

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
Silent Call

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
No answer. Silent call. Said from Barnstable

reported 01271 500 962 as Dangerous
Knew my name and said they were calling from Octel to upgrade BT system.

reported 01271 500 962 as Dangerous
Scam call

reported 01271 500 962 as Harassing
Silent call. Showed code as Barnstaple. I don't suppose it is.

reported 01271 500 962 as Dangerous
Advisor local energy rang urgin roof padding installs now.

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