Agent issuing threat

[minestrone]

I know of someone who never played along with an agents fishing call, the agent told him he was friendly with his hiring manager and would phone him up and blatently discredit the guy in an attempt to lose him his job.

Guy staight to his hiring manager and told him the score, 5 minutes later the agent calls the hiring manager who was then told that his agency would never be used again in 'Lex Luther Co' . Must have cost his agency hundreds of thousands.

[cojak]

looked into this a couple of years ago and the are limitations on which numbers you can purchase to stop people doing exactly that. I went for a 0870 number instead but that is probably going to have to change now with ofcom's messing about....

I use a specially bought Voipfone number for agent's calls - you can use them for a few weeks then dump them. They only cost a couple of quid a month.

Cheaper than a disposable mobile/sim...

[eliquant]

The best thing to deal with this sort of call is to say that you will personally disclose to him the locations, company names and interviewing managers of current contacts that you are currently dealing with provided that you meet face to face with him and also mention that you like the sound of human flesh tearing, and rabbits with their eyes doused with hydrochloric acid and also don't forget to moan whilst you say this to him.

[eliquant]

Update:

Today I received two more calls (undisclosed number) [probably that same Agent pretending to be Anger Management Company] offering to register me for the Anger Management course.

In the first call, he told, "We are from xxx Anger Management, we can give classes at £60 per hour". I told him, "I am not interested. Please do not disturb me again" and closed the phone.

After about 8 minutes another call came again and he told, "I am calling from Finance Department, you have been booked for Anger Management classes..." I put the phone down.

What are my options? Should I inform police?

This cannot be real that is just extracting the Michael !!