I receive missed calls and when I call back they have no idea who I am or any record of having called me

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Hi, no one really has a legitimate reason to call my mobile so it spends most of its time on silent so I’m not bombarded with constant email notifications etc.For the last couple of months now, once or twice a week, I’ll have a missed call from a mobile number.  I call the number back, and the person on the other end has no idea who I am, and even claim they have no record of calling me.The people on the other end of the phone always sound like they’re from the UK (like me) and are always as 100% confused as me.I have had this same mobile number for the last 20+ years. So it’s not like I’ve inherited an old popular number.It’s only happened since I upgraded to my new Honor Magic 7 Pro, but I can’t see how the model of phone has anything to do with it. Does anyone have any theories on what could be happening? Once or twice an I’d put it down to a misdial, but it’s happening more and more frequently. I’m going to leave my phone off silent and try and catch the next one and grill them on where they got my number!!

Siân W · Accepted Answer

Hi ​@CasualbobI have had this personally happen too. Some scammers can clone numbers, so it could possibly be this? I would advise to block and report the numbers.Report suspicious phone calls and text messages free of charge to 7726.To report a phone call, simply send a text to 7726 with the word ‘Call’ followed by the scam caller’s number.To report a text message :press and hold the message until the option to ‘Forward’ appearswhen the ‘To’ field appears, type the number 7726press sendonce you’ve sent it, you’ll receive a reply asking you to reply with the scam texter’s number – which you’re safe to doTo report a message received via a messaging app:block the numberuse the app’s reporting feature to notify the platform about the suspicious messageI hope this helps.

Casualbob · Answer

Thanks ​@Siân. Sorry for the delay, it’s only just alerted me to your reply!

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