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Missed call ring back scam
Nathan_Gilbert
Posts: 1 Newbie
in Mobiles
Watch out penny pinchers:-
The following number +23222270685 has been reported by a number of users as being a scam costing £4.00 to ring back following a missed call being shown in peoples call log. The first comment about this number was left on Sunday the 25th of October(nearly a week ago) but completely unaware I was effected yesterday. My question is: What systems are in place to protect customers from this kind of scam? My I suggest that a section of a networks website be allocated to fraudulent number recognition, for example the consumer/victim of scam, visits the website and passes on the information relating to the scam, that number is then blocked by the network after a simple investigation (ringing the number). This way the majority of customers would be protected from this kind of scam.
It seems that there is a £5,000 fine for those caught scamming in this way, that money goes to the government, so now we have the scammer, the phone company and the government cashing in, no wonder nobody will listen, there all making too much money. Is there any way we can protect ourselves? Well yes there is, you can register with companies such as the call prevention registry who thats right want to cash in too, so that just short of £40 to them who will put you on a Do Not Call list, well thats reassuring I'm sure the fraudsters will be stopped in their tracks by the power of a list. So just to recap their all in on it and making rather a lot of money at our expense, they never had this problem with smoke signals, or maybe they did!
Ok this is my new line of thinking on this one, you find the missed call in the log so you ring it back, you find that you get some message, something like: "you've won a prize", "some one has a message for you but are on the phone at the moment please call later", "someone is trying to deliver a parcel to you" etc. what ever it might be your going to know that it was likely to have been a premium rate number and you will be charged at a high rate, some of these numbers have a £15 connection fee in addition to X pounds per minute, so what do you do, well it's simple, you contact your service provider giving details of the time and number you made the call to explaing that you belive it to be fraudulent and request that they hold payment for that call to premium rate company, and heres the best bit, if they dont pay you don't pay!! Would you pay the bill if the waiter brought you an empty plate and an empty wine glass? NO so why are we paying for this. "But darling the plates were empty every time!" "I know dear but lets just pay, I don't want to cause a fus" I dont think so!!
Also whilst I'm on here if your looking to save money on your house hold bills there is a great range of products from eco kettles to radiator boosters that are all designed to make your home more efficient, your life easier and save you money at etree which is online at www.etree.biz it's environmentally responsible shopping, there are some great gifts for christmass in the mother and baby section. Have a look and see what you think.
The following number +23222270685 has been reported by a number of users as being a scam costing £4.00 to ring back following a missed call being shown in peoples call log. The first comment about this number was left on Sunday the 25th of October(nearly a week ago) but completely unaware I was effected yesterday. My question is: What systems are in place to protect customers from this kind of scam? My I suggest that a section of a networks website be allocated to fraudulent number recognition, for example the consumer/victim of scam, visits the website and passes on the information relating to the scam, that number is then blocked by the network after a simple investigation (ringing the number). This way the majority of customers would be protected from this kind of scam.
It seems that there is a £5,000 fine for those caught scamming in this way, that money goes to the government, so now we have the scammer, the phone company and the government cashing in, no wonder nobody will listen, there all making too much money. Is there any way we can protect ourselves? Well yes there is, you can register with companies such as the call prevention registry who thats right want to cash in too, so that just short of £40 to them who will put you on a Do Not Call list, well thats reassuring I'm sure the fraudsters will be stopped in their tracks by the power of a list. So just to recap their all in on it and making rather a lot of money at our expense, they never had this problem with smoke signals, or maybe they did!
Ok this is my new line of thinking on this one, you find the missed call in the log so you ring it back, you find that you get some message, something like: "you've won a prize", "some one has a message for you but are on the phone at the moment please call later", "someone is trying to deliver a parcel to you" etc. what ever it might be your going to know that it was likely to have been a premium rate number and you will be charged at a high rate, some of these numbers have a £15 connection fee in addition to X pounds per minute, so what do you do, well it's simple, you contact your service provider giving details of the time and number you made the call to explaing that you belive it to be fraudulent and request that they hold payment for that call to premium rate company, and heres the best bit, if they dont pay you don't pay!! Would you pay the bill if the waiter brought you an empty plate and an empty wine glass? NO so why are we paying for this. "But darling the plates were empty every time!" "I know dear but lets just pay, I don't want to cause a fus" I dont think so!!
Also whilst I'm on here if your looking to save money on your house hold bills there is a great range of products from eco kettles to radiator boosters that are all designed to make your home more efficient, your life easier and save you money at etree which is online at www.etree.biz it's environmentally responsible shopping, there are some great gifts for christmass in the mother and baby section. Have a look and see what you think.
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