Public Service Announcement -UK

shae · (#1 (**permalink**))

Telephone Fraud - FYI

The following information has come to our attention :-

We have been advised of a telephone fraud currently in operation

(this applies to home and/or work telephones - land lines and mobiles):

If you do receive one of these calls, upon answering the telephone,

you will hear a recorded message congratulating you on winning an

all expensestrip 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 apremium rate line that

costs approximately £20 per minute.

Even ifyou disconnect immediately, it will remain connected for a

minimumof 5 minutes, costingaround £100.

The final part of the call involves you being asked to key 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 £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 appears tobe a variation on a theme, warnings have been sent

previously regarding calls made by individuals claiming to be 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! BT has been contacted and confirmed the details

as being true.

There is another scam operating on Mobile Phones.

A Missed Call comes up. The number is 0709 020 3840. The last four

numbers may vary but certainly the first four numbers 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

thecost of the call but apparently this is completely legal.

So beware, do not call back numbers beginning with 0709.

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(#2 (**permalink**))

Thanks for the advice Shae

...only today I got a recorded call from a "Jeff" telling me that I won a prize and I hadn't replied to their original calls:P.....the phone went down immediately!.....get around 20 Cold calls a week anyway usually saying "Can we ask U one question?" to which I reply "Don't tell me....if I could have as many windows and doors fitted free of charge..how many would I choose?"....lol....."How did U know I was going to say that they invariably ask? "Well U R the 10th person this month to ask that same question!" I reply! lol........another variation last week..Guy on the phoneasked me to confirm my name and address and said a Courier would bring my prize round to my house!.......2Oh! Goody",I replied lol....."can we have your passport number?".."Why?"...."I'll show the Courier my details when he gives me the prize!"....."He needs to match this up with our records of your passport details!".....the clown said...

....bollix:P:P

NexTgEn · (#3 (**permalink**))

HOW SLOW ARE YOU BLACK PEEPS??? THATS OLD NEWS.

shae · (#4 (**permalink**))

NexTgEn wrote:

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HOW SLOW ARE YOU BLACK PEEPS??? THATS OLD NEWS.

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It's not slow, it's sharing information that a lot of people might not have known about..

shae · (#5 (**permalink**))

[align=left]We have been advised of a telephone fraud currently in operation(this applies to home and/or work telephones - land lines and mobiles):[/align]
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[align=left]If you do 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 thatcosts approximately £20 per minute.[/align]
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[align=left]Even if you disconnect immediately, it will remain connected for aminimum of 5 minutes, costing around £100.The final part of the call involves you being asked to key yourpostcode 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 £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 press9; even safer is to HANG UP on any unsolicited 'free offer' call. This appears to be a variation on a theme, warnings have been sentpreviously regarding calls made by individuals claiming to be 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! BT has been contacted and confirmed the detailsas being true.[/align]