Premium rate scam-"Bolt Services" 0703 numbers

Amime_2

billbennett wrote: »

remember if its 070xx or 076xx, yo' gonna pay!

Ummm 076 numbers are what all Isle of Man mobile numbers start with, so don't always assume it is a scam.

Gadget32

I had a girl called Rashida Adams try and get me to call her on this number: 0044 7031879990

Thanks to everyone from this site reporting this otherwise I might have fell for it.

bluedove

07035999321 and +2347031640409 (this one is in Nigeria)

I looked them both up after getting calls from them...scam!

I call Nigeria a lot and mobile numbers there start with 070 and 080, hence if you receive a cal from +23470 and +23480, but you dont know any one in Nigeria, its probably a scam or the caller dialled your number by mistake.

PistonBroke_2

My Wife who Runs a Cake Business has just received an Email from Someone requesting a wedding cake.


From: <darren.l.partington@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 10:37 PM
To: <>
Subject: Wedding Cake

Hi

I am looking for a wedding. Can you please give me a call.

Thanks

Darren Partington
07031976359

A quick check has proved this to be a scam so please be aware they are trying different techniques now.

BarneyBee

i had a call from a 070 number on my mobile phone didnt ring back though

what are these 070 numbers for?????

And why are they aloud to be used if people can use them for a scam

Ypaymore

PistonBroke wrote: »

My Wife who Runs a Cake Business has just received an Email from Someone requesting a wedding cake.


From: <darren.l.partington@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 10:37 PM
To: <>
Subject: Wedding Cake

Hi

I am looking for a wedding. Can you please give me a call.

Thanks

Darren Partington
07031976359

A quick check has proved this to be a scam so please be aware they are trying different techniques now.

Very expensive call from a landline . :eek:

http://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm?xid=6337&band=PN2

Heinz

0703 numbers cost 10.9p conection plus 47½p/minute to call from a BT residential landline.

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumer/consumerProducts/pdf/SpecialisedNos.pdf

antochel

Received a text today from 0703 5970919


" you won 1,000,000 pounds in UK BlackBerry mobile promo. For claims Email: Code BB101 to info@bbclaimagent.com and call :
+447035970919 "

I live in Ireland so how did they get my number ? Only thing I can think of I was in the UK at xmas with my parents and would have used my mobile then .

WOW i'm rich :j

Don't think I will bother calling, what would I do with all that money. ?

Bah

Why not just take a note of the number then put it on you mobiles block list..?

Bah:)

DaveAA

Heinz wrote: »

However, thanks to the ineffectual regulator, 070 numbers can cost up to 50p per minute to call from a BT landline (probably more from other landline providers) and the called party takes a cut of that.

End-user revenue sharing was banned on 070 in 2009. If there's a scam still going on now in 2013 then it's at the network level and involving the providers themselves (noted the original post is from 2006).

billbennett wrote: »

remember if its 070xx or 076xx, yo' gonna pay!

07624 is the prefix for ordinary mobile phones in the Isle of Man. Originally allocated for paging services, the rest of the 076 range is a minefield.

Amime wrote: »

Ummm 076 numbers are what all Isle of Man mobile numbers start with, so don't always assume it is a scam.

Isle of Man uses only 07624. Beware of the rest of the 076 range.