Personal Injury Solicitors : Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:15 pm  

Does anyone else get plagued by these sorts? My son was involved in a car accident way back. Within minutes his mobile was inundated by texts - only the police could have passed details on at that stage.

Even after nearly 2 years (I think) we (at his ex-home address) get plagued by 'phone calls, even letters of appointment. He is not interested in claiming. They have been told many times. Some of them have stopped when told we would consider any further communication as harassment.

Latest lot are an outfit in Blackburn. Any ideas how to stop it?The Solicitors Regulatory Authority is an obvious threat / port of call.

Re: Personal Injury Solicitors : Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:29 pm  

Ring them up and have a long chat with them, they won't telephone you again.

Re: Personal Injury Solicitors : Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:23 pm  

You should change the name of the thread as NO personal injury solicitor will ever cold call you or text you. If they say they are, then they are lying. i get loads of these texts but i have never had one from anyone claiming to be a solicitor and would be amazed if you have.

Any solicitor doing this would be struck off so don't believe everything you read. You are being texted by conmen. basically what they do is then sell the details they get to some so-called "claims management company" who then it turn look to sell it on to solicitors prepared to pay a referral fee.

But as well as being barred from any form of cold-calling, solicitors are also barred from receiving referrals from companies who generate them by cold calling and it would be no defence for a solicitor to claim they "didn't know" how the claims were generated.

Re: Personal Injury Solicitors : Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:23 pm  

I usually say something like "No Thank You" and then press the "End Call" button.

Works every time.

Re: Personal Injury Solicitors : Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:29 pm  

FA, I've had a lot who claim to be 'specialists' but, as you say, none from anyone claiming to be a solicitor. That said, in most peoples minds, anyone who goes through the legal system on their behalf is a solicitor, right or wrong.

I'm plagues by these locusts, regardless, and I've never actually had an accident that has caused me an injury - the call usually goes through a lot of scenarios; work, travel, tripping over a paving stone in decreasing order of likely injury.

Every now and again I like to let them run towards the end and then try and get into an argument about personal culpability and clumsiness. My record is a little over three minute.
Try it some time.

Re: Personal Injury Solicitors : Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:47 pm  

Scooter Nik wrote:

FA, I've had a lot who claim to be 'specialists' but, as you say, none from anyone claiming to be a solicitor. That said, in most peoples minds, anyone who goes through the legal system on their behalf is a solicitor, right or wrong.

I'm plagues by these locusts, regardless, and I've never actually had an accident that has caused me an injury - the call usually goes through a lot of scenarios; work, travel, tripping over a paving stone in decreasing order of likely injury.

Every now and again I like to let them run towards the end and then try and get into an argument about personal culpability and clumsiness. My record is a little over three minute.
Try it some time.

I've never had a phone call, i've just had texts. But on occasions I have had calls from "Microsoft engineers" telling me my PC has reported issues. If I'm in the mood I love wasting their time, my record to date is about 20 minutes before the guy told me to go f**k myself and hung up
The sort of fun you can listen to if you type "Call Centre IT Support Scam Prank Phone Call" into a well nown video site.

Re: Personal Injury Solicitors : Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:03 pm  

Not for some time, but I have been cold called, more than once.

My response was that, as a member of trade union, I had access to such legal advice if I needed it. Which shut them up.

Re: Personal Injury Solicitors : Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:09 pm  

Only tangentially relevant ... how do I stop the two phone calls I get every evening between 6pm and 7pm, one of which says that "we believe" that I am entitled to £xxxx for mis-sold PIP and the other of which says that "our records show" that I am entitled to £xxxx for mis-sold PIP ?

I have not been mis-sold any PIP by the way.

Re: Personal Injury Solicitors : Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:20 pm  

Has anyone had the newest one

"The Government has recently discovered that your energy supplier may not have advised you as to the best available tarrif for your needs, press 1 to speak to an advisor"

I pressed 1, and asked "which bit of Whitehall are you calling from" and then said if they call again I would speak to the Data Protection Registrar and seek clarification from my local MP that this is in fact a government sponsored activity"

-click-

no more calls

Re: Personal Injury Solicitors : Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:21 pm  

El Barbudo wrote: Only tangentially relevant ... how do I stop the two phone calls I get every evening between 6pm and 7pm, one of which says that "we believe" that I am entitled to £xxxx for mis-sold PIP and the other of which says that "our records show" that I am entitled to £xxxx for mis-sold PIP ? I have not been mis-sold any PIP by the way. Basically, you don't. The reason you get them is because somehow your number has found its way on to some database of likely victims, and will henceforth do the rounds amongst those who use these lists to cold-call. Even if you got the particular mobile numbers barred or blocked, there'l be many more where they come from. Soz. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1689600/How-to-stop-the-cold-call-menaces.html#axzz2KENIittq http://ask.ofcom.org.uk/help/telephone/stop_sales_calls

El Barbudo wrote: Only tangentially relevant ... how do I stop the two phone calls I get every evening between 6pm and 7pm, one of which says that "we believe" that I am entitled to £xxxx for mis-sold PIP and the other of which says that "our records show" that I am entitled to £xxxx for mis-sold PIP ? I have not been mis-sold any PIP by the way. Basically, you don't. The reason you get them is because somehow your number has found its way on to some database of likely victims, and will henceforth do the rounds amongst those who use these lists to cold-call. Even if you got the particular mobile numbers barred or blocked, there'l be many more where they come from. Soz. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1689600/How-to-stop-the-cold-call-menaces.html#axzz2KENIittq http://ask.ofcom.org.uk/help/telephone/stop_sales_calls