Scam calls from this number often involve callers with thick Indian accents asking about home energy usage or offering free surveys for double glazing and home improvements. Punters report the line sounding tinny and raspy, with callers knowing personal names but mispronouncing them or quoting wrong postcodes. These persistent nuisances use local Hexham area codes to trick folk into answering, leading to harassment over weeks. Block the number straight away and report it to your provider to curb the annoyance. Register with TPS if not already done, though scammers dodge it. If details like your name pop up, it might stem from old data breaches—beef up your privacy settings to fend off more. Hanging up promptly is the best move; don't engage.
When I answered my mobile, a garbled voice sounded before the line dropped, and my phone flagged the number as suspected spam.
Got a call from a bloke with an Asian accent who knew my name and pitched home‑improvement services; I told him it was a scam and hung up straight away, definatly not falling for it, cheers.
A lady attempted to arrange a free survey for double‑glazing renewal, but she quoted a postcode that wasn't mine and asked for the correct one; after I declined, she hung up.
I answered one of their local calls and the man started asking about my washing machine, getting upset when I couldn't tell him its age. I hung up, and over the past two weeks I've been blocking multiple 01434 numbers, averaging three calls a day.
A lady from India inquired about my household energy consumption; I told her I wasn't interested, asked not to be called again, and ended the call. The number displayed as being from Hexham.
Heard a tinny, raspy line from a woman with a thick Indian accent who mispronounced my name and mentioned “not selling” home energy; I told her I’m on the TPS and she hung up, lol.
Looks like a spam call, probably a scam attempt, mate.
Looks like the same Indian scammers who dialled 01434 290450 and 01434 290496 last week, somehow knew my name, so I’m not answering these waste‑of‑time calls any longer, mate.
The call was a clear scam.
It's a fraud, so I ignored it.
