Unsolicited call wanting £19 for blocking unwanted calls

hossa25

Hi

Couldn't find this posted - sorry if it has been! I just had a call this evening from a lady saying she was calling on behalf of my telephone provider and then told me my name, address & telephone number.

She said she was setting up a lifetime service of blocking unwanted phone calls (oh the irony!) for a one off charge of £19

I advised her I had already signed up (for free) for the Telephone Preference Service some years ago and this is possibly the only unsolicited call I have had since then.

I then hung up - if I had been less irritated I might have interrogated her a bit more about who she was and where she got my details.

After I hung up I did 1471 and the phone number was 01234567898 - a weird number that I then googled and found a few other people posting online that they had calls too, so I came to look on MSE !!

Just wanted to warn others - although I think people are pretty good at being on scam alert!!

Deb

chuckley

LMFAO times r gettin harder 4 peeps now xmas is round the corner.

mind u i did get a call from said number the other day. didnt answer.

omen666

chuckley wrote: »

LMFAO times r gettin harder 4 peeps now xmas is round the corner.

mind u i did get a call from said number the other day. didnt answer.

seems times are getting harder when people cannot afford the extra letters to add to a post

chuckley

afford?! who knew u had to pay 4 MSE... LOL!!!!!!

hollydays

Thats a very unusual number.Much sought after I would have thought.The only other links i can see are since the day before your post.

Reggie_Rebel

01234 is the dialling code for Bedford.

wantmemoney

01234567898 is not a real telephone number. It's spoofed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID_spoofing

they quite often use this call centre forum
http://www.callcentersindia.com/call_center_forum.php
all the scam and cold call deceptions that are continually being mentioned here and in the press can be found there.

and today's business

http://www.callcentersindia.com/showall-orig.php?value1=90855_NEED_UK_FRESH_TPS__RECLAIM__PC_SUPPORT_SALES_DAILY_PAYMENT

Frank Davis NEED UK FRESH TPS , RECLAIM & PC SUPPORT SALES DAILY PAYMENT [Frank.davis]

HI,

WE NEED FRESH UK SALES FOR CHARGING DAILY PAYMENTS .

CONTACT US :- fdpayadvance@gmail.com
sam10@airtel.blackberry.com
sam.dawar@yahoo.co.uk

+91119810433665 , +911143558376 , +441633508106

Thanks
FRANK

and this on the TPS site.

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/news1.html
Bogus TPS Calls

TPS will not call a subscriber of the service to ask for personal details or payment to complete a registration. If you have registered via the web and have received an e-mail confirmation and clicked on the attached link, that's it! Your number will be registered with the FREE TPS. We will not contact you again in relation to your registration (please note if you have number(s) registered with the Corporate TPS, you must renew your subscription annually. We will contact you when this is due).

If you do receive a call from someone claiming to be from the TPS or a similar sounding organisation, asking for personal information or charging you for this service, please check that it was the TPS you registered with and not another organisation offering similar services. Some of these companies are listed below:

http://www.callstop.info/
http://www.callpreventionregistry.co.uk/
http://www.stopunwantedcalls.net/
http://www.nomoremarketing.co.uk/

All of the above are commercial organisations, all of which charge for a service which is unregulated.

We have also been made aware of an overseas company claiming to be BT, asking for your credit card details to stop unwanted calls. This is a scam. Never give out your credit card details over the phone.

One such company calling from India, who are charging people a fee (usually around £20 or £30) to register for the FREE TPS, go by several different names:

Icon Global Services
IG Services
ITC
Biztek (or Bisdek) Telecomms
Consumer Advice Bureau

- our advice is NOT to pay them.

If you have any information on these types of calls (phone number, web address), please send details to scott@dma.org.uk

here is one of the 'companies' mentioned on the TPS site:

http://www.callcentersindia.com/showall-orig.php?value1=77159_DAILY_PAYMENTS_UK-USA_TPS-DNC_OUTBOUND_PROCESS

peter may DAILY PAYMENTS UK-USA TPS-DNC OUTBOUND PROCESS [stopunwantedcalls]

Centres required for outbound DNC process for UK - USA.
Commission �30
Daily payouts by bank transfer or cash from local office in India

For more details email sales.support@stopunwantedcalls.net

Peter

from there it's easy to find who he is but

http://whocallsme.com/phone-number.aspx/08712880958
camn
24 sep 2010

the caller offered to stop all unwanted calls and take legal action against any breaches for a "lifetime fee of £39.99" for which i would receive a "password".
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they gave a website: https://www.stopunwantedcalls.net and a phone number: 0871 288 0958...............
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the two callers (including a "supervisor") sounded as if they were speaking from india or pakistan. On dialling 1471 no number was available, indicating an overseas call.......

http://dnc-register.com/contactus.html

contact us
billing and cancellations
your billing descriptor will show up as "aw-dnc-register.com18882551137" your credit card statements.
"your credit card statement will read 18882551137" on your credit card statement. Click here to contact aw billing
write to : 29 drake street. Rochdale. Ol16 1rx

general enquiries
email customer.support@dnc-register.com
telephone 0871 288 0958
mail : 29 drake street. Rochdale. Ol16 1rx

http://who.is/whois/dnc-register.com/

registrant:
Intelligent global solutions ltd
1st floor
29-31 drake street
rochdale, lancashire ol16 1rx
gb

domain name: Dnc-register.com

if you want to know more
http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=236772&postcount=3