Latest Telephone Scam

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Sat, 2003-11-29 16:44

Heard about anther telephone scam, and thought I should warn everyone. You can receive this phone call at home, at work or even on your mobile. The scenario goes like this:

Your phone rings and you receive a recorded message;

"Congratulations. We are calling to advise you that you have won an all expenses paid trip to an exotic destination. Please press 9 now to hear further details."

If you press 9, you'll be connected to a premium line that bills in the region of £20 per minute.

That's if you press 9 and connect, but even if you disconnect immediately, the other end will stay connected for a minimum of 5 minutes - at a cost to you of £100 - the message lasts for 11 minutes!

The final part of the call asks you to key in your postcode and house number (which could have serious implications). After a wait of a further two minutes, it responds with the message;

"Sorry, you are not one of the lucky winners." and disconnects, adding a further £260 to your bill!

Unfortunately the calls are originating from outside the U.K. and as such BT and other providers CLAIM they are relatively powerless to act.

The only safe solution is to hang up BEFORE the message prompts you to press 9.

Thu, 2003-12-04 18:28

mississippi

So you decided not to f.uck off then Larph? Why start a thread about it when you never had any intention of going?

Thu, 2003-12-04 18:31

Liana

Storms, do you not regret locking me out of my bedroom? I certainly regret it....

Thu, 2003-12-04 22:43

stormy

Ha! Only in so far as it would have saved me being nagged by phone every ten minutes to bring you some clothes and your articulated make-up truck whilst I was trying to come to terms with a nasty little hangover with a fried breakfast. :-)

Tue, 2003-12-02 15:55

Dan

File under urban legend.

Thu, 2003-12-04 00:35

mystique

hmm, just realised I used 'blood an crisps' as a sort of in-joke that newbies won't understand. gosh, I'll be for the high jump. ralph, i couldn't give a monkeys red bum what you or karl thought of me that night. I do, however, regret: not managing to utter one coherent word to eddie (considering it unlikely, due to distance, I would see him again in a long time, if ever); swaying so much in front of the lovely wolfgirl she felt seasick; talking utter bollox to mrs shirt, yet failing to diss shirt for his shirt; embarrassing fish and bert who, by forceful shoves on the appropriate shoulder, guided me back to the hotel. speaking of fish, you really must work on your handshake ralph.

Wed, 2003-12-03 00:18

stormy

Dan, karl is abc's very own urban legend. I met him once. He wore a goatee. I wore moustache. He had a satchel. I didn't. Rumour had it that he had Blood and Crisps in this leather handbag. But it didn't worry me until ... on my way home ... from the taxi window, I saw a headless Ralph walking past Oddbins. a football rolled against my foot. I flicked it away. Ralph's head said 'oi, you c*nt' or something like that, he had a mouth full of crisps at the time. I rapped on the glass that wasn't there (for the cab wasn't, unlike oddbins, licenced) to attract the attention of the driver. But he had gone. Left me suspended. Turned out he had gone off to look for some new threads. (you see karl, if I want to take the piss I can and will do it in my own name)

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