I had this emailed to me so whether its true or false i dont know but i thought id list it just incase :(

 

Telephone fraud scam:-

 

There appears to be very little that the telephone networks can do to stop the calls coming through, but it is imperative that you do not respond to the prompts.

Read the text below and you'll understand why:-

 

PHONE FRAUD - WARNING FROM THE POLICE 11 MAY 2005

 

We have been advised of a telephone fraud currently in operation - this

applies to home and work telephones, landlines and mobiles. If you

receive one of these calls, upon answering the telephone you will hear

a recorded message congratulating you on winning an all expenses trip

to an exotic location. You will then be asked to press 9 to hear

further details. If you press 9 you will be connected to a premium

rate line that costs approximately £20 per minute. Even if you

disconnect immediately, it will remain connected for a minimum of 5

minutes costing around £ 100. The final part of the call involves you

being asked to key in your postcode and house number, which has other

serious consequences. After a further 2 minutes you will receive a

message informing you that you are not one of the lucky winners. The

total bill by then will be £100.Since the calls are originating from

outside the UK, BT and other telephone companies are left relatively

powerless to act. The only safe solution is to HANG UP before the

message prompts you to dial 9, even safer HANG UP on any unsolicited

'free offer calls'.

 

There is another scam operating on mobile phones

as well. A missed call comes up. The number is 0709 020 3840, the last

four numbers may vary, but certainly the first four will remain the

same. If you call this number back you will be charged £50 per minute.

 

People have complained about their phone bills, once they have

realised the cost of the call, but apparently this is completely legal. So beware, do not call back numbers beginning with '0709'.

 

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Bloody scamming ****ers, cant these people get real friggin jobs like the rest of us.

.............. upon answering the telephone you will hear

a recorded message congratulating you on winning an all expenses trip

to an exotic location. You will then be asked to press 9 to hear

further details.........................

 

 

I get this call on average about 3 times a week on my land-line even though I am registered with TPS! :wack: It's some fekking annoying yank birds voice, and I either hang up when I hear it, or delete it as a message from '1571'. If you do '1471' it does not have the number. :(

 

There was a creative one a couple of years ago, where apparently some rather attractive woman would knock on your door, say she had broken down, and could she use your phone to call her husband/breakdown service. She is only on your phone for 3 minutes, but it is her own premium rate number she is calling at £100.00 per minute, and the first you hear of it is when you get the bill. :eek: :(

 

BASTIDS! :xxx:

takes the fookin piss!!

 

bunch of cnuts all of em!!

It's a hoax.

 

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/phone.htm

 

Phew.

When double glazing Wa***rs phone me and say

"If I was to say you can have free windows how many would you have"

I tell em 2,000,000 Then you get "WHY" Well if there free i'll start me

own buisiness they soon fook off.

 

Other good one is to say "I can't talk to ya I aint got a phone" :xxx: :xxx:

It's a hoax.

 

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/phone.htm

 

Phew.

I do hope so fella....that version is slightly different to the first instance listed but the basics are the same....Seems plausable to me...maybe exagerated a bit ..i dunno :confused:

no reason why they wouldnt apart from where it says this bit:-

 

"It's a hoax," says a spokesman from the premium-rate line regulator Ictsis. "The highest premium rate tariff available is £1.50 a minute and only network providers can dictate such charges."

 

Although im thinking there must be some dodgy or backhand networks running :wack:

 

I hope it is a false alarm for everyones sake :eek:

I get dem calls all da time, der f*kin anoyin. at least 1-2 a day. :nono:

It wouldnt hurt our phone companies to send out letters explaining these scams? and warning us instead of leaving it to get around by word of mouth. WELL DONE BM.

I get dem calls all da time, der f*kin anoyin. at least 1-2 a day. :nono:

 

 

If you register with the Telephone Preference Service most of them stop coming through, although I do still get these odd foreign ones. :headvswal

If you register with the Telephone Preference Service most of them stop coming through, although I do still get these odd foreign ones. :headvswal

Whats a Telephone Preference Service ?

Does it cost?

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Whats a Telephone Preference Service ?

Does it cost?

ta

 

 

It's FREE!!! :) :) (makes a change for this country eh?) and it works. I used to get around 10 calls EVERY FUKING EVENING!!!! :mad: :mad: Now I only get the odd foreign ones.

 

Register here........ http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/

BT rent their network to the companies that are creating the scams. They are therefore implicated in any illegal profit made by the scammers. I think you'll find that if you attack BT for any bill that they (BT) are asking you to pay co a scam, by saying that what they (BT) are doing is fundamentally money laundering and you are going to report them to the police (any reported crime HAS to be investigated) they'll back down - but be persistant.

we get that call at least 10 -15 times a day through the company work phones

!! fookin annoyin !!

It's FREE!!! :) :) (makes a change for this country eh?) and it works. I used to get around 10 calls EVERY FUKING EVENING!!!! :mad: :mad: Now I only get the odd foreign ones.

 

Register here........ http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/

cheerZ fella :bow:

................."It's a hoax," says a spokesman from the premium-rate line regulator Ictsis. "The highest premium rate tariff available is £1.50 a minute and only network providers can dictate such charges."

 

Although im thinking there must be some dodgy or backhand networks running :wack:

 

I hope it is a false alarm for everyones sake :eek:

 

Any premium rate number in the UK cannot charge more than £1.50 per minute - I tried to set up one at work (2 weeks ago) to stop competitors plugging us for free advice on how to service our lifts. I wanted to charge £5 per minute for legitimate tech advice but BT and ICTSIS told me I could not charge over £1.50 per hour

 

Richard

im lucky ive only had one - and i hung up after about 5 seconds :mac1: