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Call scams
GingerBob_3
Posts: 3,659 Forumite
in Phones & TV
I'm repeatedly called by 08454290022. Something about national database and how I need to get a new boiler.
Can someone explain just what sort of scam this is? How do these obnoxious scum make money? Do they want you to call back, or do you incur a charge when you "press 9 to be removed"? What the hell is it all about?
Can someone explain just what sort of scam this is? How do these obnoxious scum make money? Do they want you to call back, or do you incur a charge when you "press 9 to be removed"? What the hell is it all about?
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https://www.tellows.co.uk/num/08454290022
Go on Bob, you know you really want a visit from a salesman. ;-)0 -
silverwhistle wrote: »https://www.tellows.co.uk/num/08454290022
Go on Bob, you know you really want a visit from a salesman. ;-)
I certainly would! But, as I say, how are these filth hoping to make money?0 -
Referral fees from a sale .0
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They sell your name and address on for a referral fee.0
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Did you not watch "The Call Centre" on the Beeb some while ago?? Nev and his assembled Swansea massif were only funded by referral fees from the marketing budgets of various Utility and Insurance Cos.0
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