RE: FN-FORUM: OT Austrailian scam phonecalls

date posted 26th January 2004 21:54

I did not wait for the offer to call the premium rate number or press 9 =
but
the woman on't phone was australian and when I called BT the first thing
they said was "did you press any buttons because if you did then you =
will
have been connected to a premium rate number and you will be charged for =
the
call" they said they were aware of the scam and that is was becoming a
problem.

She also confirmed that it was coming from an overseas number and that =
they
were monitoring the situation.

Seems it's not a hoax or an urban myth afterall

Bob.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Dom
> Sent: 26 January 2004 21:58
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: OT Austrailian scam phonecalls
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> On Monday 26 Jan 2004 6:49 pm, Hugh wrote:
> > > When this came up a few weeks back the consensus said it was an=20
> > > urban myth.
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> > > I got the call yesterday.
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> Complete with "press 9"???
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> > Dont remember that - what was the scam?
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> As follows, with my comments at the time.
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> On Tuesday 02 Dec 2003 4:26 pm, Thorny_bird wrote:
> > I do not know if this is just a joke or serious, but was=20
> passed on to me.
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> news:uk.telecom helps if you're worried by things like this.
> Look for a thread called "Hoax e-mail on recorded mnessages calls?"
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> > If you press 9, you'll be connected to a premium line that bills in=20
> > the region of =A320 per minute.
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> How, exactly?
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> This is, if anybody's in any doubt, a hoax.
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> There *are* a lot of these recorded messages coming in at the=20
> moment, but the "catch" is that you are invited to call an=20
> 0906 number (1.50 per minute).
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> Personally I put the phone to one side and try to waste as=20
> much of their phone bill as possible. As it comes in as "no=20
> number available" - indistinguishable from a legitimate=20
> international call - they are effectively impossible to filter out.
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> 99% of emails going round warning you not to open up email,=20
> flash your lights at cars, put your hand under the seat at=20
> the cinema, *whatever*, are hoax. Bogus. Don't pass them on.=20
> Check with snopes.com; check with Google; don't pass them on.
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> I am still waiting for an example of the one per cent that=20
> isn't bogus.
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