Stop The Silent Calls
Silent, anonymous and mysterious.
 | The telephone calls can come at any time of the day or night sometimes once, sometimes twice, sometimes a dozen times.
There is no voice on the other end of the line, just an eerie silence. The Daily Echo is backing Radio Solent's Silent Calls Campaign calling for an end to the latest trend in telesales which is leaving many people frightened in their own homes.
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Increasingly, telemarketing firms selling everything from Spanish holiday villas to medical insurance are using predictive dialling systems software which allows them to make calls by automatically dialling a selection of random numbers.
HELPFUL NUMBERS
By dialling these numbers you may reduce the number of silent calls but they are not a foolproof way as predictive dialling software is used by other companies as well as telesales firms.
Only 40 telemarketing firms have signed up to the Silent Callgard service that means they will not call your number.
Telephone Preference Service: (to prevent direct marketing calls) 0845 07 007 07
Silent Callgard Service: 0870 444 3969
4:11pm Tuesday 23rd May 2006
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