Once got caught out by automatic dialer on unprotected pc. it dialed up when I was out of the room I think. Jolly nice BT took the thirty odd pound charge off the bill.
You can have premium rate call barring on BT connections, which should prevent all these phone scams.
Caller number display also, I think, is worth it. I don't always want to chat with the mother in law.
I'd say that phone companies collecting charges from customers and passing them to fraudsters are on very dogdy legal ground. This is clearly a criminal activity. so far they get away with it cos of the embarrassment factor. Maybe one day someone will have them in court.
WARNING - Telephone scam
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Deuce Bigolo
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Re: WARNING - Telephone scam
Keep up with the times JJ
I'm permanently retired or hadn't you noticed
cheers
B....OZ
PS I've more important things to do with my time...will reply to the Sophie email soon as I find the incriminating evidence
I'm permanently retired or hadn't you noticed
cheers
B....OZ
PS I've more important things to do with my time...will reply to the Sophie email soon as I find the incriminating evidence
Re: WARNING - Telephone scam
Didn't realise you were retired..........so who's doing the milk until the new boy takes over?
"a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the
signification...."
signification...."
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Deuce Bigolo
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Re: WARNING - Telephone scam
Search me...no idea JJ....The Milky Bar Kid?
No thanks Magoo I've already kissed enough arse over the years to last me a lifetime
cheers
B....OZ Looking,Listening & Learning Bugger All
No thanks Magoo I've already kissed enough arse over the years to last me a lifetime
cheers
B....OZ Looking,Listening & Learning Bugger All
Re: WARNING - Telephone scam
You should log onto the Telephone Preference Service which cuts out nearly all of the cold calls you receive. It works for me.
Re: WARNING - Telephone scam
Hi Looks like the people have been caught.Article from the Port Vila Newspaper in Vanuatu
Firms are fined after high cost call scams
By Gordon Thomson
Posted Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Furious Scots were duped into believing a postal firm was holding a parcel for them, watchdogs were told.
A card pushed through letterboxes urged householders to arrange delivery by calling a premium rate telephone number.
Those who did ended up with no parcel but a hefty phone bill.
Callers were charged at ?1.50p a minute and it's believed most made calls of up to 10 minutes, leaving them ?15 out of pocket.
And in a separate scam others complained they had received an unsolicited phone call telling them they had won a cash prize.
They, too, ran up an expensive phone bill without every getting a penny in return.
The cases sparked protests with officials at the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services.
They ruled that National Post Force, a company based on the island of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean, had acted improperly over the parcel claims.
Watchdogs discovered the card suggested to potential callers that the firm operated a live 24-hour helpline.
But an ICSTIS official said: "Monitoring showed the service was a recorded information line."
ICSTIS, which had received dozens of complaints from across the UK, ordered National Post Force to pay a fine of ?10,000.
The firm was banned from accessing Britain's telephone services for a year and ordered the company to compensate the complainants.
Watchdogs also imposed a ?2000 fine on the Warrington-based Felix Corporation after Scots were among more than 50 victims across Britain who claimed they had been allegedly fleeced by a call claiming they had won cash.
Firms are fined after high cost call scams
By Gordon Thomson
Posted Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Furious Scots were duped into believing a postal firm was holding a parcel for them, watchdogs were told.
A card pushed through letterboxes urged householders to arrange delivery by calling a premium rate telephone number.
Those who did ended up with no parcel but a hefty phone bill.
Callers were charged at ?1.50p a minute and it's believed most made calls of up to 10 minutes, leaving them ?15 out of pocket.
And in a separate scam others complained they had received an unsolicited phone call telling them they had won a cash prize.
They, too, ran up an expensive phone bill without every getting a penny in return.
The cases sparked protests with officials at the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services.
They ruled that National Post Force, a company based on the island of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean, had acted improperly over the parcel claims.
Watchdogs discovered the card suggested to potential callers that the firm operated a live 24-hour helpline.
But an ICSTIS official said: "Monitoring showed the service was a recorded information line."
ICSTIS, which had received dozens of complaints from across the UK, ordered National Post Force to pay a fine of ?10,000.
The firm was banned from accessing Britain's telephone services for a year and ordered the company to compensate the complainants.
Watchdogs also imposed a ?2000 fine on the Warrington-based Felix Corporation after Scots were among more than 50 victims across Britain who claimed they had been allegedly fleeced by a call claiming they had won cash.
Jonboy