UK spam calls on my US number

[mcgillianaire]

Until about a month ago I hadn't received a single spam call on my US number. Since then I've registered myself as a British voter residing abroad (which meant I shared my US contact info including my telephone number with gov.uk). Soon after I did this, my UK bank found out I had moved to Washington even though I hadn't told them. And since then I've also received a handful of spam calls from the UK - often, the same number appearing as a missed call on my phone minutes after a similar call to my UK mobile number (which I use on a separate handset). Until now I have not registered for anything in the UK using my US contact details. All of the evidence I've gathered so far is circumstantial but I find it hard to believe it is purely coincidental that this has all happened only after I changed my voter registration status.

Comments

[loganberrybunny]

It's Boris. I'm sure of it.

Seriously, what a nuisance. I don't know what options you have with US numbers, but there does seem to be something going on there.

[mcgillianaire]

LOL!

Thankfully it seems to have stopped since I made this entry, so here's to hoping! I don't think I have any options with US numbers, but if it gets worse I'll deregister myself as a voter and just do it again in time for the next election. I'm not sure if that'll solve the problem though!