No More Nuisance Calls: The False Promises of Scammers
As most of our tellows users know all too well, incessant calls from telemarketers or call centres have become a genuine nuisance. Thus, services to put a stop to these type of unsolicited calls enjoy...
View ArticlePayPal scams and false promises: the latest in phone fraud
In today’s world, everything you could ever want or need can be found, bought and paid for on the internet, making it a playground for fraudsters. They’ll be as creative as they want when it comes to...
View ArticleMasters of Dis-Gas? – scam callers masquerading as UK energy providers!
The scam under discussion this week is a convincing one – so convincing, in fact, that they almost had us fooled. Let’s take a look at the evidence. The caller claims to be from British Gas, calling...
View ArticleOfcom Rallies Troops in War on Caller ID Spoofing
21st October 2013 brought good news for all phone-owners as British regulator Ofcom joined forces with international regulators in the UK, USA and Canada to crack down on ‘spoof’ callers. Ofcom and the...
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Time To Draw The Line? UK Muses Bill Prohibiting ‘Non-Consensual’ Cold Calling
It’s a time of flux in the telemarketing world: laws are changing internationally and indeed, some countries are forging long-distance alliances to crack down on tele-tormenters. The UK government is...
View ArticleRegulator Knocks Gumtree Tricksters Off Their Perch
This week brought fantastic news for victims of telephone fraud as regulator PhonepayPlus confronted huge offender RS Premium with a whopping great fine and a ban on operating premium rate numbers. The...
View ArticleOmnipresent But Not Omnipotent; How To Beat The All-New Multinational Phone Scam
Originating by all accounts in Latvia, Belarus and Afghanistan, the latest scam sending ripples across the phone network is a worldwide operation. The perpetrators send short, curiosity-provoking,...
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tellows magazine for the UK – worthwhile information on nuisance calls and...
The tellows magazine is now here for download! Based on information compiled from the tellows website, its blog and from concerned authorities in the UK, the tellows magazine provides the most...
View ArticleUK public service warning: cold callers offer fake IKEA shares
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau has been informed recently of a supposed investment scam aiming at potential investors. The alleged victims are told that IKEA, the world recognised swedish...
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Might come as a shock: “Electrical Board” claims 40% savings on your next bill
Disturbed call recipients have been offered a new toy this month by electricity companies. A plug-in device that promises to save 40% of your energy bills for a not-so-small price starting at £99. The...
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French University Project with tellows API
Dear tellows fellows, tellows is versatile and the tellows data can be used for different systems. We developed an API that suits all kinds of projects and allows you to access the database and use the...
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Ofcom addressed nuisance calls: Call Incidence of 2017
Dear tellows users, In order to determine the level of nuisance calls in UK, Ofcom has been undertaking a study of call incidents each year since January 2013. This study is especially conducted in...
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No More Junk Faxes!
Having a fax machine might be one of the most convenient things for us to send and receive business documents. But sometimes, we get loaded with the amount of junk faxes we never wish to receive....
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Caller Types at tellows
Every number that you find in our community is classified according to the type of call. Through different types of call, our users can easily recognize to which category the number belongs to. But...
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Introducing Our New Rating Box
Dear tellows fellows, Our community is changing and developing every day. We always take our users’ suggestions and ideas into account, in order to make tellows a better platform. Therefore, we have...
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Tech Support Scam Returns with a New Trick
Dear tellows fellows, as you might remember, we have posted an article about fake technical support scam in the beginning of last August to warn you of the rising issue of a Microsoft scam. Microsoft...
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New Rules to Protect Consumers against Nuisance Calls
Dear tellows fellows, we are very happy to hear that Ofcom has recently strengthened the consumer protection rules. The changes are made in order to provide more protection against nuisance calls,...
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European Cybersecurity Month: Phishing, Vishing, Smishing
Dear tellows fellows, October has always been the European cybersecurity month for the past six years. The European Commission and the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)...
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tellows Study: Colombia has the Most Communicative Users
Dear tellows friends, Have you ever wondered which country actually has more comments than your current country? Or how many comments are written on average in your country? To answer these questions,...
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ICO to Reduce High Number of Nuisance Calls
Dear tellows fellows, The holiday season is here and it gets even better as the new laws regarding nuisance calls have finally come into force! New Legislation in the The Privacy and Electronic...
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