Over the last day or so, aged mother in law has been getting calls from irate strangers all over the country demanding to know why she's ringing them. She isn't.
Today she had an irate man that was aggressive enough, and worried her sufficiently, that she rang the non emergency police number (who said as there was no actual threat there was nothing they could do, etc).
She's also told her phone provider, who have said they have no idea and can't help, though they will send an engineer to "check the line", for what that is worth.
I think her number has been hijacked by out-of-UK cold callers who offer her number up instead of theirs.
Is that likely? Any thoughts, better ideas, experiences or suggestions from the panel?
I've made reassuring noises, but as she is in her eighties and a nervous soul at the best of times, I'd like to do all I can of course.
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Landline hacked? new
Landline hacked? new