In article <utk7i6$303bj$5@dont-email.me>, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp@invalid.invalid> scribeth thus
>On 22/03/2024 14:55, Andy Burns wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> tried to get the callers phone number but 1471 didn't work?
>>
>> There have always been calls for which 1471 will say words to the effect of
>>
>>     "you were called today at $TIME,
>>     but we do not have the caller's number to return the call"
>>
>> I don't think a simple CLI withheld gives the same message.
>>
>>
>>
>The message I got was 'you have dialled a number that does not exist'
>...
>
>

Get one a day now usual "bank here telling you that your card has been
used for odd high value purchases" etc...
--
Tony Sayer

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.

Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself.

On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:57:59 +0000
tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <utk7i6$303bj$5@dont-email.me>, The Natural Philosopher
> <tnp@invalid.invalid> scribeth thus
> >On 22/03/2024 14:55, Andy Burns wrote:
> >> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> >>
> >>> tried to get the callers phone number but 1471 didn't work?
> >>
> >> There have always been calls for which 1471 will say words to the
> >> effect of
> >>
> >>     "you were called today at $TIME,
> >>     but we do not have the caller's number to return the call"
> >>
> >> I don't think a simple CLI withheld gives the same message.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >The message I got was 'you have dialled a number that does not exist'
> >...
> >
> >
>
> Get one a day now usual "bank here telling you that your card has been
> used for odd high value purchases" etc...

I get those in batches, one a week, hen drops off to one every three
months or so.

--
Davey.

On 24/03/2024 13:57, tony sayer wrote:
> Get one a day now usual "bank here telling you that your card has been
> used for odd high value purchases" etc...

I suppose that if you do pick up the phone, the thing to so is ask
'which card?'

A friend used to do that with the Microsoft calls, ask 'which computer?'.

Though I did get a genuine call after setting up a payment on one card
last week.

On 25/03/24 09:02, JMB99 wrote:
> On 24/03/2024 13:57, tony sayer wrote:
>> Get one a day now usual "bank here telling you that your card has been
>> used for odd high value purchases" etc...
>
>
>
> I suppose that if you do pick up the phone, the thing to so is ask
> 'which card?'
>
> A friend used to do that with the Microsoft calls, ask 'which computer?'.

I sometimes put on my best "puzzled old lady" voice, and say "I don't
have a computer ... my nephew has, if that's any help?" They usually
hang up straight away.
--
Molly Mockford
Nature loves variety. Unfortunately, society hates it. (Milton Diamond
Ph.D.)
(My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)

Am 23/03/2024 um 17:50 schrieb The Natural Philosopher:
> On 23/03/2024 09:21, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
>> Am 23/03/2024 um 07:07 schrieb The Natural Philosopher:
>>> On 23/03/2024 00:31, Davey wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 21:27:31 +0000
>>>> Roger Mills <mills37.fslife@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 22/03/2024 15:19, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>>> On 22/03/2024 14:55, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>>>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>>>>> tried to get the callers phone number but 1471 didn't work?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There have always been calls for which 1471 will say words to the
>>>>>>> effect of
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       "you were called today at $TIME,
>>>>>>>       but we do not have the caller's number to return the call"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't think a simple CLI withheld gives the same message.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> The message I got was 'you have dialled a number that does not
>>>>>> exist' ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well I've just rung 1471, and a female voice told me the time and
>>>>> number of the most recent incoming call. Is your landline on an
>>>>> Openreach line, or something different?
>>>>
>>>> But if, as seems likely, the OP'S presented number was spoofed, is that
>>>> not the one that 1471 tried to call?
>>>
>>> Hmm. I wonder. Or did i misdial 1471
>>>
>>
>> Advanced dementia and/or chronic alcoholism does this.
>>
> Well you would of course be the most experienced in that.
>

You bet! I am surrounded by demented gammons.

--
Ottavio Caruso

On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:11:52 +0000, Molly Mockford <nospamnobody@mollyromanov.me.uk> wrote:

>On 25/03/24 09:02, JMB99 wrote:
>> On 24/03/2024 13:57, tony sayer wrote:
>>> Get one a day now usual "bank here telling you that your card has been
>>> used for odd high value purchases" etc...
>>
>>
>>
>> I suppose that if you do pick up the phone, the thing to so is ask
>> 'which card?'
>>
>> A friend used to do that with the Microsoft calls, ask 'which computer?'.
>
>I sometimes put on my best "puzzled old lady" voice, and say "I don't
>have a computer ... my nephew has, if that's any help?" They usually
>hang up straight away.

"Wrong number - I do not have a telephone!" usually works.