I have a Plusnet account (whole other area of cans of worms soon) for my
Android Tablet.
I don't make phone calls or publish the number but just use it for the
data.
I've had it for some time but can't remember when I first set it up.
Probably when I bought the tablet.
Which date/year I can't remember, and too idle to find out ATM.

I keep the speaker muted so alerts don't go "bong" in the middle of the
night.
Over the last few weeks I have been receiving calls from UK mobile numbers.
As far as I can tell each one is different.
A few (2-3?) times very recently an answer phone message has been left but
this is in a foreign language which sounds as if it might be Chinese.

I am totally baffled by the whole thing.
Why would I be getting cold calls in a foreign language?

I assume it isn't Plusnet warning me that my account should be switched to
EE because why the foreign language and different number.

I suppose that best guess is that someone has subscribed to something and
used my mobile number.
I did once, early days, get a message asking if I was still on this number
(aimed obviously at someone else who used to have this number).

Unless, of course, others are also getting random phone calls from UK
numbers in a foreign language.

Cheers

Dave R

--
AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 10 x64

On Sun 24/09/2023 13:25, David wrote:
> I have a Plusnet account (whole other area of cans of worms soon) for my
> Android Tablet.
> I don't make phone calls or publish the number but just use it for the
> data.
> I've had it for some time but can't remember when I first set it up.
> Probably when I bought the tablet.
> Which date/year I can't remember, and too idle to find out ATM.
>
> I keep the speaker muted so alerts don't go "bong" in the middle of the
> night.
> Over the last few weeks I have been receiving calls from UK mobile numbers.
> As far as I can tell each one is different.
> A few (2-3?) times very recently an answer phone message has been left but
> this is in a foreign language which sounds as if it might be Chinese.
>
> I am totally baffled by the whole thing.
> Why would I be getting cold calls in a foreign language?
>
> I assume it isn't Plusnet warning me that my account should be switched to
> EE because why the foreign language and different number.
>
> I suppose that best guess is that someone has subscribed to something and
> used my mobile number.
> I did once, early days, get a message asking if I was still on this number
> (aimed obviously at someone else who used to have this number).
>
> Unless, of course, others are also getting random phone calls from UK
> numbers in a foreign language.
>

I don't know about Chinese but last night I got a mobile call (that I
rejected) from Bosnia-Herzegovina.
What next?

On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 13:46:45 +0100
Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> On Sun 24/09/2023 13:25, David wrote:
> > I have a Plusnet account (whole other area of cans of worms soon)
> > for my Android Tablet.
> > I don't make phone calls or publish the number but just use it for
> > the data.
> > I've had it for some time but can't remember when I first set it up.
> > Probably when I bought the tablet.
> > Which date/year I can't remember, and too idle to find out ATM.
> >
> > I keep the speaker muted so alerts don't go "bong" in the middle of
> > the night.
> > Over the last few weeks I have been receiving calls from UK mobile
> > numbers. As far as I can tell each one is different.
> > A few (2-3?) times very recently an answer phone message has been
> > left but this is in a foreign language which sounds as if it might
> > be Chinese.
> >
> > I am totally baffled by the whole thing.
> > Why would I be getting cold calls in a foreign language?
> >
> > I assume it isn't Plusnet warning me that my account should be
> > switched to EE because why the foreign language and different
> > number.
> >
> > I suppose that best guess is that someone has subscribed to
> > something and used my mobile number.
> > I did once, early days, get a message asking if I was still on this
> > number (aimed obviously at someone else who used to have this
> > number).
> >
> > Unless, of course, others are also getting random phone calls from
> > UK numbers in a foreign language.
> >
>
> I don't know about Chinese but last night I got a mobile call (that I
> rejected) from Bosnia-Herzegovina.
> What next?
>
>

Maybe The Moon, or that asteroid, annoyed that somebody snaffled a
chunk of it sent sent it back to Earth!

--
Davey.

On Sunday, 24 September 2023 at 13:25:16 UTC+1, David wrote:
> I have a Plusnet account (whole other area of cans of worms soon) for my
> Android Tablet.
> I don't make phone calls or publish the number but just use it for the
> data.
> I've had it for some time but can't remember when I first set it up.
> Probably when I bought the tablet.
> Which date/year I can't remember, and too idle to find out ATM.
>
> I keep the speaker muted so alerts don't go "bong" in the middle of the
> night.
> Over the last few weeks I have been receiving calls from UK mobile numbers.
> As far as I can tell each one is different.
> A few (2-3?) times very recently an answer phone message has been left but
> this is in a foreign language which sounds as if it might be Chinese.
>
> I am totally baffled by the whole thing.
> Why would I be getting cold calls in a foreign language?
>
> I assume it isn't Plusnet warning me that my account should be switched to
> EE because why the foreign language and different number.
>
> I suppose that best guess is that someone has subscribed to something and
> used my mobile number.
> I did once, early days, get a message asking if I was still on this number
> (aimed obviously at someone else who used to have this number).
>
> Unless, of course, others are also getting random phone calls from UK
> numbers in a foreign language.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Dave R
>
>
> --
> AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 10 x64

My tablet has a Three SIM in it. Virtually no-one knows its number, yet it still receives Spam calls from time to time. My main mobile and land lines regularly receive Spam and scam calls (two are in the phone book), and depending how bad they are they get wound up to grievously insulted.

One thing I have noticed recently is that if the caller is spoofing a UK number (including mobile) from abroad then the +44 prefix appears in front of it. My old BT POTS phones used to display "international" fir foreign calls.

On the Spam and scam calls you can often hear other scamsters in the background conversing in foreign, usually oriental languages.

On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:15:11 -0700 (PDT), "notya...@gmail.com"
<notyalckram@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, 24 September 2023 at 13:25:16 UTC+1, David wrote:
>> I have a Plusnet account (whole other area of cans of worms soon) for my=
>=20
>> Android Tablet.=20
>> I don't make phone calls or publish the number but just use it for the=20
>> data.=20
>> I've had it for some time but can't remember when I first set it up.=20
>> Probably when I bought the tablet.=20
>> Which date/year I can't remember, and too idle to find out ATM.=20
>>=20
>> I keep the speaker muted so alerts don't go "bong" in the middle of the=
>=20
>> night.=20
>> Over the last few weeks I have been receiving calls from UK mobile number=
>s.=20
>> As far as I can tell each one is different.=20
>> A few (2-3?) times very recently an answer phone message has been left bu=
>t=20
>> this is in a foreign language which sounds as if it might be Chinese.=20
>>=20
>> I am totally baffled by the whole thing.=20
>> Why would I be getting cold calls in a foreign language?=20
>>=20
>> I assume it isn't Plusnet warning me that my account should be switched t=
>o=20
>> EE because why the foreign language and different number.=20
>>=20
>> I suppose that best guess is that someone has subscribed to something and=
>=20
>> used my mobile number.=20
>> I did once, early days, get a message asking if I was still on this numbe=
>r=20
>> (aimed obviously at someone else who used to have this number).=20
>>=20
>> Unless, of course, others are also getting random phone calls from UK=20
>> numbers in a foreign language.=20
>>=20
>> Cheers=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> Dave R=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> --=20
>> AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 10 x64
>
>My tablet has a Three SIM in it. Virtually no-one knows its number, yet it=
> still receives Spam calls from time to time. My main mobile and land line=
>s regularly receive Spam and scam calls (two are in the phone book), and de=
>pending how bad they are they get wound up to grievously insulted.
>
>One thing I have noticed recently is that if the caller is spoofing a UK nu=
>mber (including mobile) from abroad then the +44 prefix appears in front of=
> it. My old BT POTS phones used to display "international" fir foreign cal=
>ls.
>
>On the Spam and scam calls you can often hear other scamsters in the backgr=
>ound conversing in foreign, usually oriental languages.

I have a dual sim phone. My main number is on Giffgaff and has been
for a decade or so and I never get spam calls despite the number of
people and organisations that know it. I have a Three data sim and
that regularly gets spam calls. It may be as a result of using it for
WhatsApp (ie data) but I don't see why. I don't answer the calls as
no-one not in my phone book should be calling me.

--
AnthonyL

Why ever wait to finish a job before starting the next?

l=
>> ls.
>>
>> On the Spam and scam calls you can often hear other scamsters in the backgr=
>> ound conversing in foreign, usually oriental languages.
>
> I have a dual sim phone. My main number is on Giffgaff and has been
> for a decade or so and I never get spam calls despite the number of
> people and organisations that know it. I have a Three data sim and
> that regularly gets spam calls. It may be as a result of using it for
> WhatsApp (ie data) but I don't see why. I don't answer the calls as
> no-one not in my phone book should be calling me.
>
>
It cant have anything to do with the fact that Hutchinson telecom who
own 3 ( at the moment) are based in Hong Kong ??

https://www.hthkh.com/en/global/home.php

On Tue 26/09/2023 09:19, grinch wrote:
> l=
>>> ls.
>>>
>>> On the Spam and scam calls you can often hear other scamsters in the
>>> backgr=
>>> ound conversing in foreign, usually oriental languages.
>>
>> I have a dual sim phone.  My main number is on Giffgaff and has been
>> for a decade or so and I never get spam calls despite the number of
>> people and organisations that know it.  I have a Three data sim and
>> that regularly gets spam calls.  It may be as a result of using it for
>> WhatsApp (ie data) but I don't see why.  I don't answer the calls as
>> no-one not in my phone book should be calling me.
>>
>>
> It cant have anything to do with the fact that Hutchinson telecom who
> own 3 ( at the moment) are based in Hong Kong ??
>
> https://www.hthkh.com/en/global/home.php

For the record there is no N in the middle of Hutchison.

>>>
>> It cant have anything to do with the fact that Hutchinson telecom who
>> own 3 ( at the moment) are based in Hong Kong ??
>>
>> https://www.hthkh.com/en/global/home.php
>
> For the record there is no N in the middle of Hutchison.

They used to have a controlling interest in the docks at Felixstowe ?

On Monday, 25 September 2023 at 20:38:42 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:15:11 -0700 (PDT), "notya...@gmail.com"
> <notya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> SNIP
> >
> >My tablet has a Three SIM in it. Virtually no-one knows its number, yet it=
> > still receives Spam calls from time to time. My main mobile and land line=
> >s regularly receive Spam and scam calls (two are in the phone book), and de> >pending how bad they are they get wound up to grievously insulted.
> >
> >One thing I have noticed recently is that if the caller is spoofing a UK nu=
> >mber (including mobile) from abroad then the +44 prefix appears in front of=
> > it. My old BT POTS phones used to display "international" fir foreign cal=
> >ls.
> >
> >On the Spam and scam calls you can often hear other scamsters in the backgr> >ound conversing in foreign, usually oriental languages.
> I have a dual sim phone. My main number is on Giffgaff and has been
> for a decade or so and I never get spam calls despite the number of
> people and organisations that know it. I have a Three data sim and
> that regularly gets spam calls. It may be as a result of using it for
> WhatsApp (ie data) but I don't see why. I don't answer the calls as
> no-one not in my phone book should be calling me.
>
>

Interesting observation. The Three SIM in my tablet is only used for very light WhatsApp. Ten neighbours, a handful of personal contacts and some very small groups. This is to prevent my address book leaking out into WhatsApp. The only genuine calls that come in are from an Indonesian friend, who calls on that due to the frightful cost of PSTN calls.

On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:01:38 +0100, Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>On Tue 26/09/2023 09:19, grinch wrote:
>> l=
>>>> ls.
>>>>
>>>> On the Spam and scam calls you can often hear other scamsters in the
>>>> backgr=
>>>> ound conversing in foreign, usually oriental languages.
>>>
>>> I have a dual sim phone.  My main number is on Giffgaff and has been
>>> for a decade or so and I never get spam calls despite the number of
>>> people and organisations that know it.  I have a Three data sim and
>>> that regularly gets spam calls.  It may be as a result of using it for
>>> WhatsApp (ie data) but I don't see why.  I don't answer the calls as
>>> no-one not in my phone book should be calling me.
>>>
>>>
>> It cant have anything to do with the fact that Hutchinson telecom who
>> own 3 ( at the moment) are based in Hong Kong ??
>>
>> https://www.hthkh.com/en/global/home.php
>
>For the record there is no N in the middle of Hutchison.

Named after John D Hutchison, who started the business 160 years ago.
I used to work for one of the Hutchison group companies in Hong Kong
in the 1980s.

Chris

On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:19:00 +0100, grinch <grinch@somewhere.net>
wrote:

>It cant have anything to do with the fact that Hutchinson telecom who
>own 3 ( at the moment) are based in Hong Kong ??
>
>https://www.hthkh.com/en/global/home.php

Hutchison not Hutchinson.

--
brightside S9

On 27/09/2023 09:55, BrightsideS9 wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:19:00 +0100, grinch <grinch@somewhere.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>> It cant have anything to do with the fact that Hutchinson telecom who
>> own 3 ( at the moment) are based in Hong Kong ??
>>
>> https://www.hthkh.com/en/global/home.php
>
> Hutchison not Hutchinson.
>
As someone else pointed out further up the tread had you bothered to
read it.
Thank you for your insightful contribution to the overall conversation
in the thread.

On Wednesday, 27 September 2023 at 11:57:26 UTC+1, grinch wrote:
> On 27/09/2023 09:55, BrightsideS9 wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:19:00 +0100, grinch <gri...@somewhere.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> It cant have anything to do with the fact that Hutchinson telecom who
> >> own 3 ( at the moment) are based in Hong Kong ??
> >>
> >> https://www.hthkh.com/en/global/home.php
> >
> > Hutchison not Hutchinson.
> >
> As someone else pointed out further up the tread had you bothered to
> read it.
> Thank you for your insightful contribution to the overall conversation
> in the thread.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchison_Whampoa