Unwanted & Nuisance Calls

Dealing with unwanted calls on a landline has become much easier. Anyone receiving unsolicited calls via their home phone to contact their telephone provider and ask them if they provide a free call blocking service, BT, Talk-Talk, Plus Net, EE and Sky all provide a call blocking service that can prevent unwanted calls reaching vulnerable people. Alternatively call blocking devices and replacement telephones with call blocking software pre-installed are available to purchase: 

PLEASE NOTE, IF A FRAUDSTER USES SPOOFING SOFTWARE TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF A TRUSTED NUMBER (SUCH AS A BANK) IT WILL BY PASS ANY CALL BLOCKER IF THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN ACCEPTED PREVIOUSLEY. If you receive a call from your bank, leave it for 10 mins, call them back on a different phone and ask them if they have rang you.

Further advice on call blocking products can be found on the links below.

BT have a free call blocking service called  ‘Call Protect’,  details on this link: – http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/phones-tablets/bt-call-protect-free-service-crackdown-nuisance-calls-11364136279348

Sky have their own free version – https://www.sky.com/shop/broadband-talk/talk-shield/

Talk Talk also provide a free service – https://www.talktalk.co.uk/shop/security/callsafe

EE – https://ee.co.uk/help/help-new/billing-usage-and-top-up/track-and-manage-your-usage/how-can-i-manage-call-barring-to-block-or-unblock-calls

PlusNet- https://www.plus.net/home-broadband/plusnet-call-protect/