Recently I have received a number of calls from what look like UK numbers, sometimes a single call, sometimes two. If I answer. there is silence at the other end. I close the call and Google the number.
Today's number started 0191 - which I know is Newcastle. When I enter the rest of the number there are lots of entries and mention of the Phillipines.
Yesterday - 01268 Basildon exchange but the complete number showed strange lettering. I asked it to translate and it was Vietnamese. Makes a change from Chinese!
I also have missed calls on my mobile. Yesterday two from 0121 025 1331 which looks like Birmingham. When I Google the whole number I see Vietnamese lettering again.
I have many examples. Nobody speaks or leaves a message so nobody is trying to get access to my computer. If I see a number that I fail to recognise I do not answer but I don't always remember to do that. I am a bit spooked by the fact that my home phone and mobile have the same problem.
Should I worry? Is there a sensible answer for this?
Solved! Go to Solution.
@anniemacwrote:Recently I have received a number of calls from what look like UK numbers, sometimes a single call, sometimes two. If I answer. there is silence at the other end. I close the call and Google the number.
Today's number started 0191 - which I know is Newcastle. When I enter the rest of the number there are lots of entries and mention of the Phillipines.
Yesterday - 01268 Basildon exchange but the complete number showed strange lettering. I asked it to translate and it was Vietnamese. Makes a change from Chinese!
I also have missed calls on my mobile. Yesterday two from 0121 025 1331 which looks like Birmingham. When I Google the whole number I see Vietnamese lettering again.
I have many examples. Nobody speaks or leaves a message so nobody is trying to get access to my computer. If I see a number that I fail to recognise I do not answer but I don't always remember to do that. I am a bit spooked by the fact that my home phone and mobile have the same problem.
Should I worry? Is there a sensible answer for this?
Hi @anniemac I wouldn’t waste your time googling the numbers. They are all spoofed and not real numbers.