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General => General discussion => Topic started by: i-espedair on 09 December 2003, 17:10
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Telephone Fraud
We have been advised of a telephone fraud currently in operation
(this applies to home and/ or work telephones - landlines and mobiles):
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 will be around ?260.
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 press 9; even safer is to HANG UP on any unsolicited `free offer' call.
This appear to be a variation on a theme; warnings have been sent
previously regarding calls made by individuals claiming to be AT&T engineers
conducting a test on the line and asking for 9,0 # and text messages similar
to the routine described above.
DO NOT DIAL 9 (OR 9,0# OR 0,9#) FOR ANYONE!
Please ensure the widest circulation of the above message
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Scams like this could suck valuable GTI modding cash reserves!!!
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Thanks for that..........better go and tell the misses ::)
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surelt they cant charge you without tellin u how much the calls are charged at! thats illegal and pants! :(
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>:(had one the other week some recorded message told me i d won a new beemer then the ?1.50 per min thing kicked in so i shouted 'fack off you twots' even though they couldnt here me i felt better and told my mrs and kids not to listen and just hang up!!!, twots! so aswell as hassiling my mobile on txts there now getting hold of home nubers!!! bang out of order!!! >:(
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We shall unite, build a feck off big GTI rocket, put em all in it along with Saxo drivers and send it to the centre of the sun!
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bob on with that matey any non vws any any one esles fACK OFF to where ever yas got our number you connin scumbags!!!! ;) ;D ;D ;D
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The warning email is a hoax.
There is no such thing going on.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34349.html
Regards,
Tinman
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Scam of a scam, hoax of a hoax, what are we to believe!
My MD sent that e-mail to everybody in our company... Strange to think we are doing good but really spreading chain mails! ???
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Also heard of one that tells you to press # 9 I think as they are testing the phone lines. On both mobile and landlines. This then gives then access to your bill and they run it up for you >:( So dont press anything other than the number your dialing obviously LOL.
Sam xxxx
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you can get bt to set your phone up so that if the cller witholds their number, which the type of people making these calls obviously do, then the call is rejected.
The facility is also available with NTL as my mum uses it as she was getting uisance phone calls during the night, since she had it activated she has not had a single nuisance call, well apart from off me lol :P
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I think that skam has died. It was found out a year ago now i think :-\