Cell Phones in Great Britain - Who the hell is 08444 823210?

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Who the hell is 08444 823210?

Mad King Soup

2006-05-09, 5:48 pm

Does anyone know what this outfit is?

They called my Three mobile number. When answered it rings (clearly a
computer doing the dialling). An Indian (or Pakistani or similar) woman
answered saying she was from "Advanced Mobile Firm" and asked if I was
with Vodafone.

Now, my number is ported from Vodafone, but as far as I know mobile
numbers aren't listed, so I asked her where the company got my number
from. She said from "public listing". When I told her my number wasn't
listed she hung up.

So I called the number back to see who it was. It connects to a
voicemail system. "Our office are now closed" says the voice, despite
the fact that I'd been called only 2 or 3 minutes earlier. It then asks
you to key in your phone number so an agent can call you back. Fat
chance, matey!!

I found one other mention through Google of this number, but it's not
very helpful - someone else wondering who it is.

Anyone know...?

[I know I ought to report it to the ICO, but I can't yet as I don't
have a printer for their form, they don't have an online form, and the
form appears to require a signature.]

PhilÅ

2006-05-09, 5:48 pm

"Mad King Soup" <madkingsoup@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1147206148.282650.33560@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Does anyone know what this outfit is?
>
> They called my Three mobile number. When answered it rings (clearly a
> computer doing the dialling). An Indian (or Pakistani or similar) woman
> answered saying she was from "Advanced Mobile Firm" and asked if I was
> with Vodafone.
>
> Now, my number is ported from Vodafone, but as far as I know mobile
> numbers aren't listed, so I asked her where the company got my number
> from. She said from "public listing". When I told her my number wasn't
> listed she hung up.
>
> So I called the number back to see who it was. It connects to a
> voicemail system. "Our office are now closed" says the voice, despite
> the fact that I'd been called only 2 or 3 minutes earlier. It then asks
> you to key in your phone number so an agent can call you back. Fat
> chance, matey!!
>
> I found one other mention through Google of this number, but it's not
> very helpful - someone else wondering who it is.
>
> Anyone know...?
>
> [I know I ought to report it to the ICO, but I can't yet as I don't
> have a printer for their form, they don't have an online form, and the
> form appears to require a signature.]

I know it may not help, but you are not the only one????

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?p=756111

Allan Gould

2006-05-10, 5:48 pm

Mad King Soup wrote:

[snip]

> [I know I ought to report it to the ICO, but I can't yet as I don't
> have a printer for their form, they don't have an online form, and the
> form appears to require a signature.]

Sorry can't help with identifying the number.

ICO do have online forms (Word/PDF) - sorry if I misunderstood and you
mean an html page where you fill the details in on the web and submit by
clicking on a button. I've submitted the relevant cold-calling complaint
forms via e-mail as an edited PDF which hasn't included my signature
(just a note beside where I've entered my name saying the form was
submitted electronically), and they seem to have been happy to accept it
by e-mail as a PDF.

The ICO forms are at:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/eventual.aspx?id=16321

Mad King Soup

2006-05-11, 5:54 pm

Oh that's OK then. I assumed that they needed a signature - I'll do the
Word one then.

And I did mean the forms which can be submitted via the web page, but
no worries. :-)

Mad King Soup

2006-05-27, 5:48 pm

Well the ICO has let me down. Despite my complaint explaining that they
hung up each time that I asked how they got my number, they simply said
I need to ask them to remove my number. Maybe I was expectring too
much...

Fortunately, the company never rang again anyway! :-)

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