Classified add scams

Tim_Deegan

hartcjhart wrote: »

yes 070 numbers are used by scammers a lot BUT a lot of the 'free' advertising websites substitute your number for an 070 number to raise money for the site,unless you put your number in the advert a certain way it will either automatically remove it or show it as a fault and you have to remove it.

Some of the classified ad sites such as free ads will show 070 numbers. With most of the others you aren't given a contact number for the seller. You have to e-mail them and ask for a contact number, and they will then give you a 070 number. I have spoken to the police internet fraud department, and they are now looking into it.

Tim_Deegan

Altarf wrote: »

Except they don't. Charges are between 10p and 50p per minute from a BT line, depending on the the first 5 or 6 numbers.

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=25502&s_cid=con_FURL_personal/pricing

Not saying there isn't a scam (although I will agree with a previous poster, who on earth would buy a pet through the classified ads), exaggerating the numbers isn't necessary.

We are talking about 070 and not 0870 numbers.

Altarf

geordie_joe wrote: »

Just looked though the price list, download link at the bottom of the page you linked to, and calls to 070 number can be as high as 123p per minute

Could you provide the full 070xxx code that is 123p. The only calls I can see that price are code P33, which are to certain 09xxxx numbers.

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

We are talking about 070 and not 0870 numbers.

Err, yes. You do know how much 0870 numbers cost, don't you.

hartcjhart

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

Some of the classified ad sites such as free ads will show 070 numbers. With most of the others you aren't given a contact number for the seller. You have to e-mail them and ask for a contact number, and they will then give you a 070 number. I have spoken to the police internet fraud department, and they are now looking into it.

email who the site or the seller?
If its the seller and they give you an 070 then yes could be fraud
if you email the site and they give you an 070 for the seller then WHY should it be fraud?

Tim_Deegan

hartcjhart wrote: »

email who the site or the seller?
If its the seller and they give you an 070 then yes could be fraud
if you email the site and they give you an 070 for the seller then WHY should it be fraud?

It's the seller.

Tim_Deegan

Altarf wrote: »

Could you provide the full 070xxx code that is 123p. The only calls I can see that price are code P33, which are to certain 09xxxx numbers.

I contacted Virgin and they said that 070 numbers charge between £1 and £1.50 per min

Altarf wrote: »

Err, yes. You do know how much 0870 numbers cost, don't you.

Yes, and we aren't even discussing them. We are talking about fraudsters using 070 numbers which most people thing are just normal mobile numbers.

Altarf

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

I contacted Virgin and they said that 070 numbers charge between £1 and £1.50 per min

And you believed something Virgin told you. Best joke I have heard today.

http://www.virgin.net/allyours/bbandphone/phone.html if you want to see the real prices.

Tim_Deegan

Altarf wrote: »

And you believed something Virgin told you. Best joke I have heard today.

http://www.virgin.net/allyours/bbandphone/phone.html if you want to see the real prices.

So who would you call to ask phone charges.....the doctor?

Ok so they start at 50p (give or take). That is still a premium rate that the scammers make money from. The 070 phone numbers are only half of the scam, but it's the one that most people could fall for.

Altarf

If I wanted to know what anything wasn't, I would ask Virgin Media. Your doctor probably does have a better idea of call charges than VM's staff. (can you tell I am am a VM customer and have experienced the dizzying heights of their customer service).

If I really wanted to know what their phone charges were I would look it up on their web site, which took me less than a minute.

Anyway, as I said up there, I am not saying there isn't a scam, but there are too many posts where the costs are exaggerated.

Tim_Deegan

Altarf wrote: »

If I wanted to know what anything wasn't, I would ask Virgin Media. Your doctor probably does have a better idea of call charges than VM's staff. (can you tell I am am a VM customer and have experienced the dizzying heights of their customer service).

If I really wanted to know what their phone charges were I would look it up on their web site, which took me less than a minute.

Anyway, as I said up there, I am not saying there isn't a scam, but there are too many posts where the costs are exaggerated.

I know exactly what you mean about VM. The service is good while it works, but if you get a problem..........:mad:

As you would expect the operator was in a call centre on the other side of the world, and was difficult to understand. What I did under stand was that it is a premium rate number, and that it can cost up to £150 per min ( i know this would depend on the numbers following 070).

There is also another scam involving 070 numbers. You receive a dropped call, so you call them back, and it costs you a fortune.

When I used to be with Orange I nearly fell for this one, but Orange were on to it, and before they connected you there was a message warning about the premium rates.