Strange Callers insisting Ive called them!?

[ZX_Spectrum]

Over the past few days ive had around a dozen calls from various numbers inside and outwith the UK. 

They have all said some variation of "Im returning your missed call" or "Hi i got a missed call from you". 

Its difficult to say "sory but i never called you" when clearly they have received a call from my number.

I HAVE NOT made any outgoing calls. 

Surely the scammers havent evolved to spoofing my number? Ive had the same number for years and this has only started to happen over the last few days. 

Any help/advise on this is greatly appreciated. 

[James_B · Accepted solution]

Hi @ZX_Spectrum,

Welcome to the EE Community. 🙂

This does sound like you've been a victim of call spoofing.

In most cases, the spoofer will move onto using a different number quite quickly.

You can find out more in Call spoofing - The EE Community.

Hope this helps.

James

[natzkj]

Yes same here. And they people on the other side are very rude.

[Christopher_G]

Hi @natzkj 

Welcome to the community.

If this is a case of call spoofing, the person calling you may be confused thinking that it was you that called them initially.

Check out this call spoofing article that may explain a possible cause. Hopefully this doesn't continue for you for too long.

Chris

[mirrors90]

My sister had this recently, and she was convinced that they were actually trying to scam her - and she got quite angry about it. I had to tell her that the other people were of the same opinion about her and that they were legit - and explain call spoofing.

No harm done - as Christopher says - they will find a new number soon - just calmly advise that your number was spoofed and apologise for any inconvenience (or ignore them) and it'll all blow over.

[Imz_Bham]

my ee telephone number is like over 15 years old, this has started to happen to me in the past 6 months

does that mean we have to change our number?

[Ali_A]

Hi @Imz_Bham 

Changing your number won't be necessary. Just explain to any caller it wasn't you who called. It usually stops after a while. 

If you do decide to change your number, be aware, it won't stop any new number from being randomly generated in the future. 

Ali 

[Imz_Bham]

i've gotten quite a few... can be annoying

one was a chippy in wales calling me, he started off calling me a scammer being abusive and swearing

others were just ... 'never mind'