It’s just a ride.

Been posting my own story about this company on a few sites after googling the number.

After a bit of research I found out that the company calling us is LBM Marketing… I was shocked! Here’s why:

Wow, these guys are ridiculous.

I recently posted my CV on a popular job search site and LBM (the cold callers who call from the above number) immediately responded, offering me an interview. They must have only quickly looked at my CV and not given it much thought, because the offer came within a couple of hours of me posting my CV… Suspicious? I thought so too. So I decided to do some research into the company and found online that they are cold callers and it was a commission based job with a VERY bad wage. I obviously politely declined the interview.

Here’s the kicker, since declining the interview they have obviously added me to their spam list and I have just received a ’sales call’ from some woman about Vodafone. I was sat at my desk at my new job, so immediately hung up when I realised it wasn’t important. I then googled the number and found this page and realised it was the same company who wanted me in for an interview.

I think it’s fucking disgraceful that they’re using applicant’s personal details to try and boost their sales. I’m tempted to stop at their office on the way home.

Any thoughts?

I’m not even on Vodafone though! I’m with T-Mobile until this weekend when I switch to O2, so if they pretend to be Vodafone it won’t really work, will it?

you complain you the british public get jacked with high prices and dont get your monies worth, when these jokes phone you to offer you a cheaper deal you complain. you all are a bunch of retards. if you dont recognise the number just dont answer the phone or hang up instead of complaining lifes too short. as for the comtent in the last post saying he went to the police station to complain… has he no brain cells?

08080000144 IS a legit Vodafone number. ANY person with half a brain would call Vodafone on a verified number (pick up your Vodafone handset and hit 191) (you can also reach 191 through a normal phone on a number that ends 191 - cant recall it now) AND ASK THEM. They will confirm it.

Why on earth you have to speculate and come up with wild far fetched stories on things that can be safely verified in SECONDS?

When i activated a new Vodafone contract that number called me to make sure everything is ok. They didnt ask for personal info. They had my name with their first sentence.

“Hi, is that Mr MyName?” “Speaking”. “We’re calling from Vodafone to make sure everything is fine with your new contract”
“everything is fine, thanks”
“thank you sir, good day” END

When i came close to the end of the contract the same number called offering a new deal. I accepted. Got confirmation in the post.

When i decided to leave Vodafone the number called again to offer a deal. I declined. I sent over my notice and terminated my contract. End of.

Now that we established that the number actually belongs to Vodafone we have to examine if scammers can potentially spoof their number to this. The answer is YES. if you feel uncomfortable talking to them ask their name, their department, pick up your handset, dial 191 to customer services and ask to be forwarded.

If you feel even more uncomfortable tell them you cant speak to them now for whatever reason and ask them to email you. DONT give them your email address. If its on your account record they should have it.

If you feel even MORE uncomfortable about it dont talk to any of them and just deal directly with the Vodafone admins on the Vodafone forums. They will STILL ask for personal info in order to access your account.

If you want to be paranoid email them and tell them you lost your vocal cords and you want all correspondence in writing.

After that if you dont trust the letters coming through your letterbox originating from Vodafone tell them you’ll hand collect your billing from their headquarters directly.

Jokes aside is really hard to understand why on earth adult individuals would go to such great lengths to make up speculated wild fantasy scenarios when the whole shabang could be verified in seconds ffs.

Chill, really, relax. It’s not the end of the world. It’s just annoying marketing. If you’re running a smartphone there should be a whitelist/blacklist application for your handset. Give a couple quid and buy it then blacklist the number. For your sanity.. and ours.