Number overview
080-2059-1408 is a mobile-phone number reported as an automated-voice survey posing as a power-company or rental-housing survey. Calls have been observed during Golden Week and other public holidays.
Reported tactics
- When you answer, an automated voice plays a survey introduction such as "a survey on electricity rates" or "a survey for tenants in rental housing"
- If you answer the survey, follow-up sales calls about electricity switching or real-estate products begin
- Using a mobile-phone number (080) makes it look like a call from a private individual
- Calls target weekends and holidays when more people are home
Legitimate power companies and government agencies do not run automated-voice surveys from mobile-phone numbers.
How to handle this call
Don't pick up
The best approach is not to answer unfamiliar 080 numbers. If you hear an automated voice, hang up immediately.
Don't answer the survey
Don't press buttons as the automated voice instructs. Answering makes you a target for personal-data collection and follow-up sales calls.
Where to report or get help
- Consumer Hotline: 188
- Nuisance-call reporting: your mobile carrier's nuisance-call reporting desk