On 21/03/2019 13:49, Mark wrote:
On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:08:38 +0000, Steve Walker
wrote:

On 21/03/2019 08:19, Brian Gaff wrote:
I've noticed a gradual rise to mobile numbers as well over say, the last
month or so.
some are not spoofed but genuine chancers trying to sell stuff, usually
some financial service or crap junk from China.

At least some do have an opt out number to hit, and having checked this
against charges, it seems to be legitimate and worked.

Those opt-outs should be changed to opt-ins - it's very hard to opt-out
when you've picked up the landline on an only slightly updated, 80 year
old, rotary dial phone!

IIRC the law says that it must be "opt-in" not "opt-out".

The law may say that, but the phone calls, still say something like,
"Press 8 to be removed from our database" and when over a period of 6 or
7 weeks, you have received 10 phonecalls from the same company and don't
have a tone dial on the phone you are answering with, it gets damned
annoying!

I could have left it off the hook and gone and grabbed another phone,
but my wife has a long term illness, the phone was in the bedroom
(ringer off) and she was asleep, with the light off and I didn't want to
wake her in finding it quickly.

SteveW