Payphoneplus encouraging premium rate scams

The_Deep

Payphoneplus are the premium rate regulator, their raison debt is to prevent us being scammed by premium rate numbers. They are not so doing, allowing hundreds, or even thousands of people people to be ripped of by con artists, many of them operating out of call centres in India.

I received one such call on 26 September 2012, 0871 692 0396 which I immediately reported to ppp on their online form. As the number as still there on 2 October, I telephoned them ppp. They said that they had a backlog. Today this number was still being used to scam people so I again telephoned them, they could not find my form, although they did have a record of my call on 2 October.

Their attitude was

1. No one forced you to call that number,

2. It was only a ten pence call.

A scam is a scam, and thousands of 10p calls will buy a lot of poppadoms.

When are our regulators going to start to regulate!.

Heinz

What was the scam then?

The_Deep

The call back scam

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/23/rogue_dialler_scam/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/mar/02/076-number-scam-callback

wantmemoney

The_Deep wrote:

Payphoneplus are the premium rate regulator, their raison debt is to prevent us being scammed by premium rate numbers. They are not so doing, allowing hundreds, or even thousands of people people to be ripped of by con artists, many of them operating out of call centres in India.

No millions (over several years) and the companies are UK based
and
the main function of PhonepayPlus is to con the public they are being protected in order to protect the 'industry' from onerous regulation.

on 26-April-2012
0871 692 0396 was allocated to
http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/t31307.html

O-BIT TELECOM LIMITED by Ofcom

Founded in early 2002 by current CEO David Breith, O-bit Telecom has experienced phenomenal growth and appears in the Deloitte Fast 50. The company is a front runner in the telecoms sector and currently employs 50 staff, generates in excess of £18million turnover

after some postings on the whocallsme forum
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08716920378/2

08432800847 08432800850 08432800951 08432800856 08432800863 08432800868 08432800875 08432800893 08432800894 08432800895 08432800896 08432800897 08432800898 08432800900 08432800920

now Ofcom says
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/numbering/index.htm#geog1

PREMIUM O LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S CHANGE OF PARTICULARS / DAVID BREITH / 01/10/2009

but of course O-Bit and Premium O are just the re-sellers

Heinz

I've got to say I take the view that, if I get a 'missed call' I will never ring the number back unless I recognise it (taking the view that, if it's important, the caller will try again later).

poppasmurf_bewdley

Heinz wrote: »

I've got to say I take the view that, if I get a 'missed call' I will never ring the number back unless I recognise it (taking the view that, if it's important, the caller will try again later).

Agree totally with Heinz on that one. I too never call back a number that I have missed unless I recognise it. My attitude is "Why should I pay to call someone who wants to talk to me."