The service was created in 2011 in the Czech Republic. It is an online forum where the users can share their experience with phone numbers, both annoying (mostly telemarketing, surveys) and useful (e.g. couriers, offices)..
Since the beginning, the service has been received very well, which led to localization into more languages. Nowadays, the forum exists in more than 20 languages and 34 countries throughout the world.
The service is intended for anyone who wants to identify the owner of an unknown phone number. The creators of the forum have also recently created the mobile app Call Insider for Android phones. This app, which is connected to the database of the website reverse-phone-lookup.co.uk, also allows users to automatically block telemarketing numbers.
FAQ
Do not answer any telephone calls from telephone number 0018593414569.
The caller (from Indian call centre) says they are from TalkTalk technical centre and that you have a problem with your router, which is damaged by viruses on your computer.
They then ask you to download software "TeamViewer" to give them access to check your computer for special viruses not picked up by Norton, MacAfee, Malwarebytes etc. After running "tests" for a while, they then advise that your router needs replacing and arrange a time for an engineer to visit to replace the router, giving the engineers name and ID number. As a gesture they say TalkTalk will give you £200 compensation for the problems they have caused on top of the recent website scam problems and need bank details to transfer the money.
This is nothing to do with TalkTalk and has been reported as a serious fraud.