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Here's the thing, how many people, the elderly and disabled, are paying £4.50 a week to these scammers?
Hundreds, Thousands, Tens of thousands?
Originally posted by SaveMeDo
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Likely in the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. But, here's the thing, If that activity generates only two or three complaints a week to the regulator, how would the regulator know the true number of people being ripped off?
I am aware of a different premium rate scam (the "call connection service" scam) that snags at least several thousand victims per day. The regulator is lucky to receive two complaints or reports a week, more likely that number per month!
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I learned the lesson about "premium rate" scams when I had a problem with my Sky broadband connection, I looked on the internet for the Sky phone number, rang them sorted the problem. On checking the credit on the phone after, I found the the call had cost me £15 pounds!!!!!! I phoned Three, and they said that the number I had phoned was a re-direct service that charges premium rates! Yeah! Three customer services were very good and refunded me, but why is this sort of scam even legal?
Originally posted by SaveMeDo
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The thread on MSE warning about this particular scam is read by less than ten people per day - less than 5000 people since it was originally posted. There are more victims of this scam in 36 hours than have read the warning in more than 18 months.