Reading County Court and Family Court Scam Calls From 01189870500

I've received spam calls from supposedly Reading and Truro courts. I'm relatively savvy so have blocked the numbers but am concerned for those not so aware.

Received a call today from this number stating reading county court. I’ve just called back and said the office is now closed. It seem really real. I was really worried about it as I didn’t know why a court would be trying to contact me. I then found this thread. Very worrying

I have received 2 calls from 01189870500 Reading County Court and Family Court yesterday (Sunday 3/10/22 and today) very convincing but didn't respond, glad I didn't now.

I have had several of these calls over a period of months, but never know whether to answer or not, as it does come up with the READING COUNTY COURT & FAMILY COURT. Obviously am not sure if legitimate or not?

01189870500
They called me Fri, Sat and again this morning. Luckily I have enabled scam blocking on my phone, so all I get is a notification that they called, looked up the number today , couldn't believe how professional this scam is. Only the fact I know courts don't open on weekends , I looked into it further

Starting with Friday 01/10/2021 I have received three calls so from from the the phone number 01189870500.
Caller is an automated machine which which starts playing about 3 seconds after answering the call. Tells me I am about to be prosecuted and there will be severe penalties if I do not comply with court officers requests. The only option available is "Press 1 to speak to a case officer", at which point I hung up and ignore this number now.

This number 01189870500 has phoned my mobile twice in 2 days I didn't answer the call as I have no dealings or issues with thus company

received calls two days on the trot. why is there no action being taken against these people.

I bave just received a call from these guys theatening "serious" further action if I don't comply! I was a little concerned until that point.

The call does look genuine but is suspect in many ways, one of which is that I live nowhere near Reading. If they call say and press nothing, hold the line, after a short wait the line will be cut automativally because the scammer (machine) doesn't want to waste any more time. Doing nothing and saying nothing will eventually teach the machine that it may be talking to a data number, meaning a fax or modem tyoe device or simular and may automatically delete you from its call list.


Thanks for the heads up.

I received 3 calls on after the other but realised it must have been a scam!!!! Raging as initially I was in a state of alarm

I received three calls from 01189870500 on 1st October at 1306 and 1326. It was only upon checking this number online today ( 03/10) that I found it was the Reading Court comlex. The call was a robot call, but as I was working in a noisy environment I was unable to hear the context of the call.

I received a call Saturday 2nd October at 12:31 but luckily missed the call.

My mum recieved a call on Friday about 1pm and she missed it but her Samsung phone said it was from reading. She has been in a panic since then so I googled it and found this, thank you for the info and now she can rest easy

They rang me several times today (02.10) but I missed all calls. I called back and got a message saying it’s Reading County Court and their opening hours are Monday to Friday. I was confused because today is Saturday. I googled Reading County Court and I found this information/website.

Received a call unanswered by me from the 011898 no. Looked it upon Google and to my relief found your posting. Thank you. Have blocked further calls and will inform my service provider.

Got a call today. I knew straightaway it was a scam. Then decided to check the number out and it was Reading county court so was a bit confused until I saw this. So yea everyone just block the number.

I recieved a call today and as I was in sleep I told them what they asked now what should I do I am so scared :(

Rang me today on a Saturday consider the courts closed on a weekend saying my Amazon prime subscription will be taken out my account come on whats a Amazon prime membership account got to do with a courts they must of thought I was born yesterday

I have had two calls from this number so far, with 1 hour between each call

got call from this number friday 1 oct

Received a call yesterday
but missed it. Got it again now.. they told to press 1.. I did but got cut. Checked online seems to be fraud..

just been called by 01189870500 , iphone told me the number was from reading, I live nowhere near there I am only ever called by a select number of people. i’m getting tired of these scams 😂

I had a call but my phone is switched to detect possible scams and so rejected the call. But it said it was from Reading county court & family Court and the number ended in 0500.

Received a call this morning 2.10.21 - Saturday at 10.19 Reading County Court & family court from number 01189870500

phoned the number back which had an answer service to say that the office was open Mon-Friday only. So assumed this was a scam

Received call today at 10:10. From same number 01189870500. Called back and got same answer as above

same, got really scared hahah

Received a call this morning at exactly 10am, Saturday morning, october 2nd 2021 from Reading County Court & family court from number 01189870500
I did not answer as I don't even live in the same country as reading. I never answer any dodgy numbers.

received a call from this number today 10:51

I have received 10 mins ago with the same trick. Once my husband asked " Are you a scammer" then the guy hangup the call.

I received a call purporting to be from Reading County Court and Family Court 01189870500…..they called yesterday 1st October at 1.28pm whilst I was working and this morning at 09.43am …….I tried to return the calls but the answer machine said the court was closed and gave opening hours…….the call didn’t come up as a scam alert on my phone.

Same just happened to me. My phone showed that it was coming from Reading County Court & Family Court so I was confused if it could be a scam. Luckily I didn't "Press 1 to speak to an officer" as directed and thought I'll hang up and google it first.

I received a call from that number which I missed and tried to return but then it said "Office is now closed", so I wondered how someone from the said office can call when office is closed on a Saturday. Checked google-all scam

Just received a call from this number I hung up!

Received a call from this number at 9:45am on a Saturday morning. The caller hung up when I answered.

I've just received a call from 01189870500 purporting to be from the Reading County Court and Family Court. It's Saturday morning and the call came through at 10AM. My Samsung Smart Call system has alerted me that this is a scam call.

I received a call from these just now. Same muppet that's been calling from different numbers for years.

Just had a phone call from 01189870500 claiming to be Reading county count . They were trying to scam me for personal information. I live about 200 miles from Reading and have never been there. It's a scam. Hang up. If it was genuine they will soon send you a letter to you in the post.

Just received call at 9am. Very frightening to see who,it was. Didn’t answer. Now blocking.

Just received a call from 0118 987 0500 claiming to be Reading County Court re my NI number. Looked online and discovered that I am not alone.

I received a call from 01189870500 and didn't answer it , it was from Reading family Court and I just thought to myself "really " absolute Bangers idiots, I live in Central Scotland & have no connection in Reading at all,

Just received a call from this number 01189870500. Called back as I failed to pick the phone in time. It is saturday and the court is closed. Definitely a scam.

I've received miss call form reading County call and family today and I'm pretty sure that was scam.((( that's really annoying this people that they do like this 😒

I've received 2 calls not answered but checked the number on Google and both calls were after they had shut

Received a call today, they hung up soon as I answered...01189870500

call from this number on mobile it not only show the number on screen but also displays as call from Reading Family and Crown Court be aware it is scam do not answer

Received a call from this number saying there had been financial problems associated with my National Insurance number and I must press 1 to give my details to someone...I hung up...

Got a call from this number too but it hung up after two seconds

0118 987 0500

Called today but I missed the call. Tried to call back and says it is reading/redding county court

I’m in Scotland, would have no business with an English court

just received a call from 0118 9870500 reading county court, didn't answer as looking at who called me info it's a scam call - blocked

Just had a call from the number above but didn’t answer