Nuisance and scam calls are a problem for people in Southport

Nuisance and scam calls are a problem for people in Southport

NEW research has revealed that nuisance and scam calls are still a problem for people in Southport.

Even moreso, two out of three people who have signed up to the Telephone Preference Service – a service aimed at taking members of the public off nuisance caller registers – are still receiving nuisance calls.

The research by BBC One’s Watchdog suggests that nuisance and scam calls pose as big a threat as ever to people in Southport as it revealed that 58 per cent of people who have signed up to the service said it doesn’t work for them.

Of those 58 per cent just 12 per cent have had call blocker systems installed in their homes, despite 83 per cent of those with call blockers saying the device had worked to eradicate unwanted calls.

Kris Hicks, Head of Marketing for the UK’s best selling call blocker, CPR Call Blocker, said “Scam and nuisance callers are a persistent problem for people in the Southport area and it’s often the case that those most vulnerable are the ones who are targeted and fall victim to these telephone scams.”

A survey by Which? in 2013 found that the Telephone Preference Service only cuts out around a third of nuisance calls. Such evidence suggests that even though many people have taken the first steps towards freeing from themselves such calls, they are still being harassed.

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