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Stevenson Drake - Spam Phone Callers and Cold Callers - XFullFatTim - 06-05-2015 11:24am
Guys if you have been receiving a lot of phone calls that are either silent or offering a) Claims Management for an accident that you never had (and they don't know your name!) b) Offering to make a PPI claim for PPI that you never took out or C) Offering to sort out credit card debit, then these may well be the guys calling you.
They have a whole list of phone numbers both land line and mobile that they use and mostly they indicate "Number Witheld " when they call. Well last week they cold called me and I pressed the option 5 when their automated phone system called my mobile and I have just had a call back from a humanoid asking about an insurance claim in the last 3 years that I (never) made as I have not had an accident in the last 30 years let alone 3 years. The caller's number was left on my mobile so I Googled it and they appear to be a bunch of cowboys posing as a legal IFA. One of the hits that came up in google was to a phone pest website Telepest and there they list all the numbers known to be used by Stevenson Drake http://www.telepest.co.uk/Stevenson+Drake so if you want to block these numbers on your smartphone or BT8500 then surf over to telepest and and list them as contacts, then block them! Stevenson Drake are based in Cheshire and have a website http://www.stevensondrake.com
FYI the number that called me was 07893 072142 - please feel free to call it and annoy them!
RE: Stevenson Drake - Spam Phone Callers and Cold Callers - PhilSkill - 06-05-2015 11:56am
Thanks Tim, Yep I get these Unknown Number callers on my mobile phone 1 or twice a week, Saying "You were involved in a car accident..." at which point I now cut them off...
Never managed to get a real number as didn't want to press any 'option' they suggested incase it risked me to take a scam phone bill.
It certainly Pixxes me off...
RE: Stevenson Drake - Spam Phone Callers and Cold Callers - XFullFatTim - 06-05-2015 01:19pm
I have just listened to You and Yours on Radio4 and the presenter pointed out that if you are registered with the Telephone Preference Service (and I am for both my land line and my mobile) then it is illegal to cold call someone registered with TPS and they can be prosecuted. I have passed on the details of Stevenson Drake to You and Yours and had a reply saying that they have received 100's of emails and calls about the company and will be investigating them as a result.