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SallyUK
SallyUK Posts: 2,348 Forumite
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in Phones & TV
I've just had a missed call from this number: 08720 303384 but when I tried to ring it back it was just one long unobtainable tone?

How can that be??

Sal
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  • derrick
    derrick Posts: 7,424 Forumite
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    SallyUK wrote: »
    I've just had a missed call from this number: 08720 303384 but when I tried to ring it back it was just one long unobtainable tone?

    How can that be??

    Sal
    x


    This is what we know about the number you entered (08720303384).

    PhonepayPlus does not regulate this type of number. However we can tell you the following.
    • This is classified as a Special Services higher rate: up to and including 10p for BT customers (non-internet) number.
    • It is provided by Yim Siam Telecom Ltd.
    • And costs 10ppc+ 10ppm [in pence or pounds where 'pm' means 'per minute' and 'pc' means 'per call'].
    From here;- http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/numberchecker/
    Don`t steal - the Government doesn`t like the competition


  • BexTech
    BexTech Posts: 4,772 Forumite
    If you don't recognise a number, don't call it back.

    The displayed number on you caller display unit or read out by 1471 doesn't have to be genuine, these can are are easily spoofed. I used to spoof unavailable numbers, numbers such as 0121 000 0000 and 01111 and 020 0000 0000 etc. The Telcos I use now ensure the numbers I am spoofing are ones I have access to.
    It's PAC not PAC Code, it's MAC not MAC Code, it's PIN not PIN Number, it's ATM not ATM Machine, it's LCD not LCD Display, it's DVD not DVD disc... It's no one not noone, It's a lot not alot, It's got not gotten... Panini is the plural of panino - there is no S!!
    (OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)
  • chuckles1066
    chuckles1066 Posts: 2,670 Forumite
    SallyUK wrote: »
    I've just had a missed call from this number: 08720 303384 but when I tried to ring it back it was just one long unobtainable tone?

    How can that be??

    Sal
    x

    It connects without ringing and the "unobtainable" tone is, in fact, a recording and you're being charged.
    You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky

    Any advice that you receive from me is worth exactly what you paid for it. Not a penny more or a penny less.
  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
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    chuckles1066 wrote: »
    It connects without ringing and the "unobtainable" tone is, in fact, a recording and you're being charged.
    Possible but, if the idea is to dump the CLI so that people call back and they make money from the calls, surely a recording of a ring tone would be more profitable?
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
  • sicker
    sicker Posts: 1,370 Forumite
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    Heinz, don't put ideas into their heads, it's BAD enough.

    John
  • chuckles1066
    chuckles1066 Posts: 2,670 Forumite
    sicker wrote: »
    Heinz, don't put ideas into their heads, it's BAD enough.

    John

    He's not; what he suggests is the more common way of scamming people because human nature is to keep ringing the number until someone answers. Because it's a recording, no-one ever will, of course.

    The golden rule, as someone else has pointed out, is to never call back unknown numbers.
    You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky

    Any advice that you receive from me is worth exactly what you paid for it. Not a penny more or a penny less.
  • sicker
    sicker Posts: 1,370 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm just suggesting that if they had not thought of it before, they might now.
  • jhp
    jhp Posts: 2,342 Forumite
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=676405&highlight=0872+numbers
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