Stopping scam calls
I have set up a separate basic account for my husband which I keep topped up so he has access to cash and I have taken away his card and cheque book for our joint account. This protects us from losing everything when he is persuaded to invest in some financial scams peddled by utter b*******ds who telephone when I am out. Recently I was able to interrupt an 'investment' that would have cost £111,000. What can be done about these unsolicited calls to vulnerable people and their families?? The TPS is nearly useless.
This is the first time I've posted on here, but I wanted to let you know what Ive done for my mum.
I've set up TrueCall for her, a call blocking system. It cost about £120 but has already paid for itself ten times over.
It's brilliant, as you can stop any scam calls, and you only get trusted callers coming through. It's much better than TPS. I had to set up caller ID first. She has a problem with using her ansaphone/flashing lights, so I've set it so that there are no flashing lights. I've given her a very simple "crib sheet" to tell her what to do every time she comes back in and wants to know who's called her. I am now her "operator" as she is always trying to find out phone numbers for random people she's befriended.
You can set up all the trusted callers, and it's easy to use TrueCall's website to see what calls have been received, as well as the ones dialled out.
Mum constantly used to get calls from dodgy call centres asking her to give money etc, etc, and this has now all stopped.
Hope this helps.