Unwanted phone calls Options

[JulieMarie]

Over the past few months we have started to receive increasingly frequent phone calls on our landline phone (which seem to be coming from from India) trying to sell us things, eg loft insulation, insurance etc. The number shows up as "international" or "unavailable" on the phone and there is always a delay before the caller speaks. Also, they always ask to speak to the householder. I know we can just put the phone down but the number of these calls has now reached a nuisance level and they are really very intrusive. Does anyone know how to get these calls stopped?

Thanks.

[Tenor Viol]

Yes, these seem to have become a nuisance recently as UK operators are meant to comply with TPS - unfortunately it is voluntary. It really requires a concerted complaint to OFCOM to deal with this, but I don't see it happening yet.

My mum has been logging these - she had 14 of them a couple of weeks ago.

I spoke with her landline supplier and they said there was little they could do if the call originated outside of the UK.

Some are just sales, others though are scams, so best thing is to not get involved with the call at all.