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How to deal with a cold caller

Thu, 17 Jul 2014


The nuisance of 'cold call schemes' shows no signs of abating.

That's according to the Office of Fair Trading who say they are regulary contacted by people claiming to have been targeted, some repeatedly, by the marketing calls.

Although some cold callers will be from a legitimate company there is also the concern that they could form part of a scam.

With this in mind Andrea Tabb from the OFT has these guidelines for people on how to deal with a cold call:


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