slartibartfast Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 This morning phones (landline) been ringing off the wall, don't answer as I don't recognize the numbers. Getting a lot of messages saying....."You rang ?" etc. Some devious ***** have hacked my phone number and are ringing random people using my number! Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else, and what you can do ? Contacted Virgin, worse than useless, just suggested changing my number ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 19 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: This morning phones (landline) been ringing off the wall, don't answer as I don't recognize the numbers. Getting a lot of messages saying....."You rang ?" etc. Some devious ***** have hacked my phone number and are ringing random people using my number! Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else, and what you can do ? Contacted Virgin, worse than useless, just suggested changing my number ! I would imagine they will move onto using a different number soon enough. I doubt you have been hacked, just a system using a random number to hide behind and happens to have picked yours. Not sure there's a lot that can be done except wait until they move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, richwwtk said: I would imagine they will move onto using a different number soon enough. I doubt you have been hacked, just a system using a random number to hide behind and happens to have picked yours. Not sure there's a lot that can be done except wait until they move on. Yes, hasn't rung for an hour or so, maybe picked on another unlucky bastard ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: Yes, hasn't rung for an hour or so, maybe picked on another unlucky bastard ! Bloody frustrating especially if you get charged for the calls. Check it out when your bill is available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 13 hours ago, slartibartfast said: This morning phones (landline) been ringing off the wall, don't answer as I don't recognize the numbers. Getting a lot of messages saying....."You rang ?" etc. Some devious ***** have hacked my phone number and are ringing random people using my number! Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else, and what you can do ? Contacted Virgin, worse than useless, just suggested changing my number ! Yes, had the same thing here in Canada, luckily for me my phone provider sorted it out, how I don't know unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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