A Telecoms firm exposed by Money Mail for cold-calling the elderly has gone into administration. In May, Money Mail reported how True Telecom cold-callers promised savings on phone bills — only to lock elderly customers into expensive three-year contracts with hefty exit charges of up to £600. Mazars,...

Prodial - Fined £350k For 46 Million Cold Calls

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 1st March 2016 14:04
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Boiler firm 'harassed' elderly people

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 8th January 2015 14:36.

*The Information Commissioner's Office has fined a company called Boilershield for cold calling vulnerable people who were registered with the...

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Crackdown on cold calling: Companies

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 31st March 2014 16:39.

*Companies who send texts or phone households could be fined up to 20% of their turnover* * *Move will come as a relief to millions bombarded...

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Block on cold calls not working, says Which?

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th October 2013 12:11.

Millions of people are signed up to a system designed to stop unsolicited sales and marketing calls, but some are still receiving up to 10 calls a...
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Energy firm to stop cold calling

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 18th August 2013 20:48.

Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has announced it is putting an end to cold calling having admitted that many people find the practice

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Ban on cold calling by financial services

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 18th June 2013 18:50.

Citizens Advice has re-iterated its call for financial services to be banned from cold calling as the Information Comission fines two firms for...

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9 in 10 plagued by claims firms

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 14th November 2012 18:37.

Claims management companies should be banned from cold calling as new figures show three in five people surveyed were pestered by calls, emails and...

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Has anyone been plagued by telephone calls concerning the reclaiming of PPI?

We have for the last few months been plagued by recorded message calls concerning the reclaiming of mis sold PPI throughout the day and early evening.

There have been several from Indian call centres...

Not sure this is the best place to put this (its the best I could think of) so if someone thinks it fits more appropriately in another thread, please feel free to move (not that I really need to say that, it would get moved anyway)

Do we have a threat-o-gram letter for those pain in...

I arrived at the hot meat counter (where they sell roast hams, chickens etc) in Sainsburys at the same time as another lady.

The assistant asked what I would like, but looking at the other lady, who was "heavily pregnant", I said "no please, you go first, you look knackered...

Ok, did not know where to post this but hope this is okay.

I note it states phones in the category so here goes.... 2 .

I have been registered with TPS since about 2004, and have been in touch with them just recently to make sure that my details were still registered....