Strange selling call from Leeds

mzqa395

Around 1550 today I got a call a guid mention he is a shop in leeds trying to say he can offer me pay as you go phone and sim card for free without signing a new contract. Have any got any experience and this kind of call. The number left on my handset is 017015550116. Do any one know what kind of company is it?

mzqa395

Hops forgot mention that guy got my name and I transfer from 3 to o2 since last month. And thanks to the tips given so I can cancel 3 contract 6 months before head without extra charge

chalky_bertie

mzqa395 wrote:

The number left on my handset is 017015550116. Do any one know what kind of company is it?

The code for Leeds is 0113 so not sure where the call is from but there used to be a call centre there for BTCellnet - is this O2 nowadays but not sure if still there.

gizmoleeds

http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/cgi-bin-Phones/nng?GNG=01701&Submit=Submit

01701 is an unnassigned area code, so either you have upset the MI5/CIA or this guy some sort of fraudster, perhaps operating out of a foreign call centre which has hacked the caller ID system.

O2 do have a call centre in Leeds though (although a frauster could easily get this info to make them seem more genuine...)

redux

and it's got more digits than a UK phone number

gizmoleeds

redux wrote:

and it's got more digits than a UK phone number

:doh: How did I not notice that? :snow_laug

And it starts 555.... just like every TV character's american phone number

redux

I wondered if it is American, in which case North Dakota - seems improbable somehow, unless it's some voip system

gizmoleeds

redux wrote:

I wondered if it is American, in which case North Dakota - seems improbable somehow, unless it's some voip system

In the US, 555- is specially reserved for "TV/Movie" use (so that real people don't get phone calls from idiots after their number is used on TV).

(I just checked that and it is now just 555-0100 to 555-0199 which are not issued, but the number is still within those boundaries).

The same is done in the UK, although the 'reserved' prefix is different for different cities.