Telephone spam is annoying and a big problem: Sweepstakes, insurance and lottery contracts are talked up to you over the phone – with dodgy methods. We show you the ten most important phone numbers that you shouldn’t answer the phone for.
The phone rings more often at Christmas time. Warm Christmas greetings and surprises should be the norm, but they aren’t. Because even at Christmas time, fraudsters and rip-offs take advantage of the good nature of some people and want your money. It is important to protect yourself against it. This can be done using software.
The Clever Dialer app tracks spam calls and compiles the ten most annoying numbers month by month. That seems to be working. Because in August the platform identified a total of 13,277 calls from the number 03016637169 , in September “only” 4,451 – still first place. In the statistics for October and November, this annoying number is no longer among the top 10. And also eight of ten nerve numbers from October have disappeared from the top ten in November. There are other candidates for that.
YOU SHOULDN’T TAKE THESE CALLS
The new number 1 goes to number four from the previous month: 069244375048 . The number surfaced as early as September. According to reports from those affected, she sometimes calls every five minutes – allegedly for energy advice. The meter reading of the electricity meter is asked again and again.
The second most annoying number of October was also the second most annoying of November. The caller with the number 01635844545 wants you to enter a lottery game. You have allegedly missed a notice period for a previously free game. You are asked to compare the account details. Needless to say, this is dishonest. Hang up!
When you call 015210923002 , you are offered to reduce an alleged subscription from twelve to three months if you give out your data. better leave it alone
The subject of electricity and energy runs through the current fraud attempts. According to user reports, the number 022165088561 pretends to be Stadtwerke München, who want your account number for a refund. Stupid only if you were never a customer of Stadtwerke München and the phone number has a Cologne area code. The number 040655890700 wants to be an electricity service company that wants to know the monthly payment very insistently.
If you get calls from 01784133177 , 01637875622 or 01631672226 you should also hang up quickly. Here, too, those affected report competitions and cost traps. The caller with 0211987099635 wants to sell you additional dental insurance. That’s certainly also legal and reputable somewhere else.
SPAM CALLS: HOW THE PHONE NUMBERS GET ON THE LIST
Clever Dialer is an app that is used for caller ID and spam protection. It is available for smartphones, but also for the FritzBox , for example . In addition, some well-known directory providers, such as Das Örtliche, rely on the intelligent software. The basic version is free.
