An unknown number appears on your cell phone display? Read here how to check within a few seconds whether the call is serious or not.
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Your smartphone rings, an unknown number appears on the display, and the person at the other end of the line wants to persuade you to invest in stocks or to change your cell phone contract. In some cases, the callers put on immediately as soon as they lift off.
Most of the time, it is undesirable spam calls of fraudsters or dubious companies that want to steal their data or want to lure them into a cost trap with a recall.
Many modern cell phones now automatically recognize spam calls and indicate a warning like “potential spam”.
Advertising calls without express consent are legally prohibited in Germany, which is why the frauds often change their numbers. Therefore, the smartphones are not always able to identify dubious callers.
With a clever tool you can quickly find out whether the number you call is serious.
Check spam calls: With these tools it succeeds
If you are unsure whether a number comes from a call center, you can use free websites. For example Cleverdialer.de or Tellows.de.
There you can enter the data and check whether others have also been called by this number. In addition to the number, you can also view the type of call (advertising, survey, competition, etc.) and weigh whether a callback is worthwhile.
Cleverdial database
According to the Tellows.de database, the following telephone numbers and their fraud stitches are warned:
- 03080098648
Call name: Pharmacist Association
Fraud mesh: Alleged health survey with supposedly free newspaper subscriptions as compensation. - +16465535819
Call name: Real Estate Call New York
Fraud mesh: Call Center, which markets apartments with outdated real estate scout ads. - 022166951483
Call name: EWE Energy Center
Fraud mesh: Alleged energy providers from Cologne who tries to sell dubious electricity tariffs. - 01637875622
Call name: competition
Fraud mesh: The callers pretend a competition subscription that must be paid for immediately, otherwise it will be extended for 12 more months. - 06922224635
Call name: energy portal
Fraud mesh: Alleged energy companies, which tries to advertise alternative energy sources through cold acquisition. - 01768854744
Call name: o2
Fraud mesh: Data fraud and JA-MASCHE, in which sham contracts are concluded after a spoken “yes”. The fraudsters are O2 employees and ask for their data. - 053120970053
Call name: law enforcement authority
Fraud mesh: A person affected is deceived by a computer announcement that pretends to be of Europol (European police office). The same number is also used for other attempts to fraud, such as alleged financial and crypto consultations.
Some users report that they have been put under pressure by spam callers. If you receive a dubious call and also be pushed to conclude a contract, you can do without courtesy. Just put on and block the number. To warn others of the rip -off, it is best to report the data to Cleverdialer or Tellows.
Our tip: If you are called by an unknown number, it is best not to take off at all. Serious companies usually leave a message on your mailbox or the number can easily be assigned to a company by Google search.
