telephone scam

bonnie_2

my phone has been ringing all morning, when i answer it it says you are being transferred to our messenger service is this one of those dodgy premium rate things the no is
08456021111
anybody recognise this.

Bunnie1982

It's from BT, someone has sent a text message to your land line and its directing you to a service where the message is spoken to you by a very robotic voice.

It doesn't cost you anything to receive the message, my brother in law did it to us a couple of weeks ago

Scully's_Girl

Do you use BT? It appears to be a number you can use to receive spoken texts: www.bt.com/bttext/faq_trouble.html

I found several people having the same problem in a simple Google search.

Searcher

Isn't that a BT notification?
The number seems to be BT
http://www2.bt.com/static/i/btretail/consumer/bttext/faq_pick_message.html

lswwong

Had one of these some weeks ago - the call was for someone else in my office whose phone was not answered and was diverted to my phone.

The robotic voice was hideous and I was so confused as it was not meant for me anyway and I didn't know what it was all about!!!

Not a great service, in my view. Might be useful for visually impaired people.

Voyager2002

lswwong wrote:

Not a great service, in my view. Might be useful for visually impaired people.

Could be very useful. Since sending a text message from a mobile is much cheaper than making a call, but I don't have a mobile, it means that people can use their mobiles to contact me at reasonable cost by sending a text message to my home telephone.

The only problem is that this service has not been publicised, so the OP did not know what was going on.

mistyarthur

It's an amazing service you can send messages with rude words in and its just so funny to hear the robotic voice say them
Simple minds I guess :rolleyes:

Heinz

Bunnie1982 wrote:

It's from BT, someone has sent a text message to your land line and its directing you to a service where the message is spoken to you by a very robotic voice.

It doesn't cost you anything to receive the message, my brother in law did it to us a couple of weeks ago

If you have a BT line, you can permanently opt out of this 'service' for no charge.

Phone 0800 587 5252 and ask to 'Opt out from TTS converted SMS'

Ellie2758

Heinz wrote:

If you have a BT line, you can permanently opt out of this 'service' for no charge.

Phone 0800 587 5252 and ask to 'Opt out from TTS converted SMS'

Is there a way to cancel "BT Reverse Charge" or whatever they call it. My daughters ex-boyfriend keeps using it to ring us. :mad:

jockettuk

Ellie2758 wrote:

Is there a way to cancel "BT Reverse Charge" or whatever they call it. My daughters ex-boyfriend keeps using it to ring us. :mad:

i always thought you had to accept a reverse charge call? if so just say no when asked if you will accept it

if this has changed ring up bt and tell them you want it off

elanter

I too recently had one of these audio text calls. I couldn't understand how Tom Baker/Dr. Who knew my name and wanted my son to call him back. (Son's friend didn't leave his name in his message.). I was very confused!