Indeed, a foreign number block isn’t that helpful as Amazon for one example will call back from some pretty far flung places if you request a customer service callback.
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An update on this, I did ask EE about what they’ve seen & the possibility of blocking these numbers on their side, but that was a negative.
For the time being there’s not much we can do I’m afraid. If you’re not able/don’t want to switch an old number across, the best we can suggest is to block these numbers. I realise they change frequently so that’s not much help…
As for the future, some combination of on-device identification/blocking and controlling calls on the backend would be ideal. The latter is longer-term, but something on-device we could do sooner. Even so, that’d be a somewhat long project with separate work on Android & iOS.
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One thing I have wondered about for a while, not directly related to this, but similar is this…
I’ve read the OFCOM guidance for provision of CLI which clearly means I know everything about it now. So CPs are responsible for ensuring the presentation number is valid. These numbers are fake and do not identify the caller, so why is the CP not acting upon it?
Why are the CPs not working out which originating CPs are sending them illegal CLI and blocking it, stopping calls being made into their network? That’s what OFCOM say must happen.
It’s almost like no one takes any notice of the OFCOM guidelines!
Similar to texts that have a fake name or number. For example, can EE really not block spam and phishing texts that say they are from EE, 150, or anything similar?
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The very simplistic answer is that Ofcom implemented the rules very poorly (as usual) and have actually backtracked quite a bit on it because they haven’t got the balls to enforce their own rules properly.
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I signed up the other day and had a voicemail on my number before I had even activated it. Unfortunately it seems to be the case the EE are giving Zevvle what they know to be bad / recycled numbers. Don’t think there is much that can be done at the moment
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Seems to be the case unfortunately. I gave up trying to block them and ported an old Giffgaff number which has fixed it.
I imagine that these days, most ‘new’ numbers are recycled. What’s problematic here is that it seems to be a batch that are on some sort of spam calling list. Whether EE did this on purpose is an open question, but I suspect not. As I said above, I had the exact same problem with a ‘new’ landline number from BT 6 years ago.
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That reminds me of someone who got a new number for his bike shop workshop, and three phone was running so much the person couldn’t get any work done due to people misdialling the local bus company. That was in the early 2000s when phoning for info was still common.
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Yep. Exactly the same has happened to me. A number of calls from +86 numbers or 020 VoIP numbers and a number of voicemails left. Dodgy music and Chinese voice as previously described.
I do wonder whether EE has seen an opportunity to offload dodgy SIM numbers to a new start up?
I’ve been getting these quite frequently now too, sometimes they’ll be once a day, sometimes it’ll go a few days with none and then start again daily.
All are from different numbers, either London code or mobiles, and all with a pre-recorded message in what sounds to be Chinese. I keep blocking them but it’s a bit of a pain.
It’s very annoying isn’t it. I have quite a few numbers with different providers. I might get the odd spam call but they move on quickly and never like this. Repeated attempts, and seemingly only to the Zevvle number range.
These calls have dropped dramatically since I signed up to TPS.
On that note, I wonder if TPS signup could be a checkbox option when you join Zevvle. After all, it’s just a quick webform
Edit: I should also mention I’ve systematically blocked them with Should I answer?, so maybe that’s helped too
I’d be surprised if that had any effect at all. I suspect it was the other measure you took that was effective.
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I wish I knew that the message was actually saying - might give us a clue. I’ll wait for the next call and record it…
Something similar and along the same lines…
Sorry for it being a link from The Sun, I haven’t found it reported anywhere else.
I have no idea why people call a number back if they don’t recognise it, especially an international one.
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Remember back to 1994/5 when CallerID was rolled out on the BT Network. Cue loads of angry subscribers daily 1471 then ringing someone saying You’ve called me, why did you call?
I had to call a Belgium number once because it turned out to be NameCheap who were trying to verify my account ownership to remove my 2FA restricted account
I have just received a text from St Georges hospital in Tooting confirming an out patients appointment for a L_____ S___________. I assume that the Zevvle number was previously allocated to LS. I am awaiting a transfer to a new number that hopefully will complete today.
On Monday we updated the hospital as they had our old landline number from nearly 4 years ago.