Indeed. It sounds like a scam to me, too. I'd be tempted to report it to my telco (who probably can find out who called, despite it being witheld).
Quite apart from anything else, why would a legitimate curry house phone when a curry was ready for delivery in any case? And why would they not identify which curry house they were?
I can see the trick working on households that are more easily confused, especially ones where several people share the phone line.
Why would they phone when ready for delivery: they did explain this, see above. And although I didn't happen to mention it in my post, they did identify which curry house they were.
Was it a curry house you're familiar with? Or could it have been a plausible but not-actually-existing curry house? It sounded like a prank to me, because people woken in the night might give out their c'card number just to get someone to go away. (since otherwise, you could just have agreed to pay GBP20 when the food showed up - food is always good!)
The name they gave is really the name of a Cambridge curry house, yes.
since otherwise, you could just have agreed to pay GBP20 when the food showed up - food is always good!
Not if you're uncertain of its interaction with your dietary requirements, and certainly not if you also have to pay £20 for it and get out of bed! :-)
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Quite apart from anything else, why would a legitimate curry house phone when a curry was ready for delivery in any case? And why would they not identify which curry house they were?
I can see the trick working on households that are more easily confused, especially ones where several people share the phone line.
since otherwise, you could just have agreed to pay GBP20 when the food showed up - food is always good!
Not if you're uncertain of its interaction with your dietary requirements, and certainly not if you also have to pay £20 for it and get out of bed! :-)