A nuisance caller got through TruCall

All old Leeds numbers were prefixed with 2 when the STD code changed from 0532 to 0113

Horizon Mobility apparently

Often just entering the number in Google will produce information about the caller.

In this case your number was presumably passed on by anyone who's sold you similar products, or whose products you've enquired about in the past.

Google failed to find that, for some reason. The comments made there, are similar to what took place. They knew my name.

Moron Watch brought next idea :

Strange they should have my name, because I have no such issues. My now deceased partner was though quite severally disabled. As the equipment supplied to her still had some while to run on the included maintenance contracts, I transfered that to my name.

So either Stannah or the mobility scooter company, have sold my details on to a third party and without my permission. Hmmm..

I disconnected my landline and only use my mobile. Much less nuisance calls, and I can see the number. I only answer those in my contacts list, or mobile phones (as these tend to be actual people), any other landline phoning me I look up first, then dial back.

Yip, your details have been sold on. A few weeks ago I bought a telly from Currys. Reserved it online. Picked it up and the bloke asked for my email address - which they already had. I told him to f*ck off. Last week I got a letter offering an incredible offer from some loan outfit ............ APR 99%. One of their clients is Currys.

Currys also report you to TV Licensing. My colleague had gotten his name reversed (forename/surname) in Currys, and the TV Licensing people thought he wasn't registered.

Not just Currys

Under the Wireless and Telegraphy Act of 1967 all TV dealers were required to notify TV Licencing whenever they sold or rented TV's. This was repealed in 2013.

IIRR this also applied to set top boxes and VCR's although not all assistants were equally on the ball when it came to asking for names and addresses

Had an assistant in Tesco demand a name and address to let me buy a DVD player once ;-)

Translation: I can't afford a landline anymore as I'm skint and on the bones of my arse.

Are yes, a telly licence.

Hardly a 'mobile only' facility.

I'll have gone out! :-)

Why the f*ck would you ring an unknown cold caller back? Seems to negate the whole point in buying a TruCall unit in the first place. Now you've also confirmed that your number has a potentially gullible person on the end of it.

Tim

I have a landline, it comes with the fibre internet. I just took the phone out.

Which makes Curry's a bunch of nasty grassers.

You were not obliged to give them your address. I never did, I didn't want junk mail from them.

I hope you dumped the thing on the floor and walked out.

Tends to be. Every single mobile has it, and very few landphones do.

If whatever you were phoning me about was urgent, you can leave a message on voicemail, or send a text.