telemarketers

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's big battle against spam callers

    South Africa's big battle against spam callers South Africa's Information Regulator has its sights set on tackling annoying spam calls in the country. It decided that telemarketing amounts to electronic communication and must be regulated under the Protection of Personal Information Act...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • information regulator nomzamo zondi pansy tlakula privacy protection of personal information act (popia) spam spam callers telemarketers telemarketing
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. BamboozledAttorney

    Calls from telemarketers wanting to sell you a trading software.

    Yesterday I received a strange phone call which I realised was a scam/spam along the way. It involved this guy who somehow got my info (I know it happens a lot, but still) and saw I was trading on a trading website. Now I'll be honest, the phone call was annoying and loud, and the person was...
  4. I

    Solutions - Gumtree Scams and Telemarketers

    I use the app "Should I Answer?". It's free. Everytime I get a call from a scammer, I add a review of the phone number and block calls from it. If more people get on this app and do this it could be quite helpful for avoiding Gumtree scammers as well as telemarketers etc. The auto block...
  5. S

    "Hold please, I have a call for this number"

    Have just received two calls within the last hour from an unknown number. When I answer the call an automated American female voice says "Hold please, I have a call for this number" .... "Attempting to connect".... it repeats this a few times, then says "I'm sorry, I was unable to connect you...
  6. LazyLion

    @lantic Internet Telemarketers!

    some guy just called me on my cell from a really crappy line. He said he was from @lantic and they are promoting Vox. I asked him where he got my number and he said from a "client database". I have never had any business with @lantic Internet... and I don't appreciate the cold call...
  7. B

    Private Numbers

    Hi there Lately I've been receiving an increased number of "Private Number" calls on my mobile which are terminated by the calling party as soon as I answer. I did not know what to make of this until I heard an explaination that there are computer based diallers trying each number to see if...
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