"Government information message" - scam to sell IVAs?

Nilrem

Reya wrote: »

Not only could it be a selling scam, it might also be one of those extortionate-amount-of-money-per-minute scams, whereby if you did press 1 to hear further information, you are charged £5, £10 or even £20 a minute for the pleasure. ("£20 a minute?!" I hear you cry. Well, it's been known...)

I'm not saying that's what it is, but it's possible :undecided

No fear of that, at least in the U.K.

Our phone system is regulated and won't allow that sort of charging unless you
A: Ring them up yourself, in which case it's a max of £1.50 a minute
B: Press 1 and give them your CC/Debit card number and they bill that

The maximum call cost is set by oftel (or are they ictiss now?), and you can not be charged for a call another person initiates unless you have accepted a reverse charge call, in which case the call cost is regulated again.

full-time-mum

RAS wrote: »

Hi

This breaks all sorts of regualtions. Please could one of you try to find out the number that rang you?

I've just had this too and started another thread as I didn't find this one.

I've got the number what should I do with it?

We're also on the telephone preference service thingy so broke that rule too!