If you are in the unfortunate situation of being involved in any kind of road traffic accident it’s only a matter of time before you start getting harassed - so I’ve been doing a bit of harassing myself.
+44 1547 306002 (actual scammers call centre!)
Called up a few times some of them will cut you off, others will start trying to take your details or they will leave the phone down and you can hear all the conversations and other people being called in the back ground!
Perfect for a time waste classic this one and is defo not a legit company
+44 330 808 7467 (Automated call system that eventually cuts you off)
@adamf2001#80353 how does this scam work? How did you get the number? How does the scammer know that you’ve been involved into a road traffic accident?
Or well, other sites are reporting this aswell. I guess it's indeed a scam but how does it work?
@NeeP#80359 Not sure exactly how this one works I looked into it and what they do is harvest peoples details, the get sold on or passed around and if you’ve been in any kind of accident like I was, you get added to various databases. Once that happens you get harassing calls on a daily basis, often multiple times a day. The put pressure on you to claim compensation or allow them to handle your case if you already are. They can get very rude and aggressive but most of the calls are either silent or they just hang up on you.
The result is annoying and frustrating calls day in day out often from multiple phone numbers.
Out of all the ones that I get the number above was the only one that actually worked and got me through to them so I did a few silent calls and hang ups back!
What these people actually make from doing this I can only guess
Update: their new number is +44 1904 309125 so they keep spoofing different numbers.
Calling the old number now leads to a recorded message saying the number is owned by API telecom and gives a phone number to contact (api telecom I believe is a front for a company called DXI).
Harassing calls, swearing down the phone and spoofed numbers reaks of scam artists