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Mobile no displaying as landline #
traceyadelemartin
Posts: 1 Newbie
in Mobiles
Hi,
I had a call from someone who told me my mobile number was displaying as a landline number on his screen, I don't have a divert to landline active, so now I'm wondering if I've been a victim of fraud, and how can I find out?
The person had called me said he dialed my mobile number (it isn't pre-programmed in his phone), and during the conversation, he looked at the screen his end, and it was displaying a number starting with 0161
I had a call from someone who told me my mobile number was displaying as a landline number on his screen, I don't have a divert to landline active, so now I'm wondering if I've been a victim of fraud, and how can I find out?
The person had called me said he dialed my mobile number (it isn't pre-programmed in his phone), and during the conversation, he looked at the screen his end, and it was displaying a number starting with 0161
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Have you tried it with a mobile phone of someone sat next to you, to see what it says?
What do you think the "fraud" here would entail? Have you Googled the 0161 number?0 -
They could have been using one of these cheap call services and its displaying that number. 0161 is a Manchester code I believe.
What fraud do you think could be happening? Not sure I can think of one.0
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