Okay so how do you set up a premium phone line
Something to be aware of ?
Ok got this via email , obviously not sure of how real it is but thought better be safe than sorry
Police Report !
The reason this is working so well is it plays on your good will!
Picture the scene:-
You are sitting at home and there is a knock at the door. On answering it you are confronted by a respectable looking woman in a suit, who is lightly distressed. She explains that her car has broken down further down the road and she needs to contact her husband to come to her aid. Is it at
all possible to use your phone to call him?
You allow her to use the phone, but being the suspicious type you stand with her as she makes the call. She dials the number, and asks to be put through to Mr Smith / Brown / Stevens (Whatever). She holds the line for about
thirty seconds. She continues, "In that case can you ask him to leave the meeting for a minute I need to speak to him quite urgently." She apologies again and explains they are getting him out of a meeting.
A couple of minutes goes by and she starts to speak to her husband. She explains the situation to him, tells him what has happened to the car, is annoyed because she now can't get to her meeting, and asks what she should do now. She listens for a few seconds and then says, "Well as soon as the meeting finishes can you come to Cardiff Road / licester Road / Surrey Street (Whatever), where the car has broken down. Another few seconds go by,"OK, I'll see you in about twenty minutes then."
She put the phone down, and thanks you ever so much for your kind assistance, even offering you a pound for your trouble, but of course you decline, it's no trouble.She leaves and everything is fine.
Or is it? The day or week before knocking on your door she set up her own premium rate line with a telephone company at the cost of about £150, and she has dictated that calls to that number should be charged at £50 per minute. She has dialled that number. The conversation she has had with her
"husband" is entirely fictitious, there is a pre-recorded voice message on the other end to give you the impression she is talking to someone. She has been on the phone for about five minutes, that call just cost you £250, the majority of which goes into her pocket, and the first you know about it is when you get your bill a month later.
To rub a bit of salt into the wound,she hasn't even committed a criminal offence. You've given her permission to use your phone. 5 occasions in Luton where this has been reported in the last couple of weeks .
Would anyone reading this please pass it on to friends and
colleagues etc.
otherwise it could cost someone a lot of money.
PC Paul Toseland
Corby Business Anti-Crime Network Administrator
Police Report !
The reason this is working so well is it plays on your good will!
Picture the scene:-
You are sitting at home and there is a knock at the door. On answering it you are confronted by a respectable looking woman in a suit, who is lightly distressed. She explains that her car has broken down further down the road and she needs to contact her husband to come to her aid. Is it at
all possible to use your phone to call him?
You allow her to use the phone, but being the suspicious type you stand with her as she makes the call. She dials the number, and asks to be put through to Mr Smith / Brown / Stevens (Whatever). She holds the line for about
thirty seconds. She continues, "In that case can you ask him to leave the meeting for a minute I need to speak to him quite urgently." She apologies again and explains they are getting him out of a meeting.
A couple of minutes goes by and she starts to speak to her husband. She explains the situation to him, tells him what has happened to the car, is annoyed because she now can't get to her meeting, and asks what she should do now. She listens for a few seconds and then says, "Well as soon as the meeting finishes can you come to Cardiff Road / licester Road / Surrey Street (Whatever), where the car has broken down. Another few seconds go by,"OK, I'll see you in about twenty minutes then."
She put the phone down, and thanks you ever so much for your kind assistance, even offering you a pound for your trouble, but of course you decline, it's no trouble.She leaves and everything is fine.
Or is it? The day or week before knocking on your door she set up her own premium rate line with a telephone company at the cost of about £150, and she has dictated that calls to that number should be charged at £50 per minute. She has dialled that number. The conversation she has had with her
"husband" is entirely fictitious, there is a pre-recorded voice message on the other end to give you the impression she is talking to someone. She has been on the phone for about five minutes, that call just cost you £250, the majority of which goes into her pocket, and the first you know about it is when you get your bill a month later.
To rub a bit of salt into the wound,she hasn't even committed a criminal offence. You've given her permission to use your phone. 5 occasions in Luton where this has been reported in the last couple of weeks .
Would anyone reading this please pass it on to friends and
colleagues etc.
otherwise it could cost someone a lot of money.
PC Paul Toseland
Corby Business Anti-Crime Network Administrator
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Quite a slick idea, I might just try it
Not sure whether its a hoax or not, but if it was a hoax, I'd be doing it rather than sending it round the net if I thought up an idea that good
Not sure whether its a hoax or not, but if it was a hoax, I'd be doing it rather than sending it round the net if I thought up an idea that good
Damn, I was just going to get on the phone to BT's Business Services and set up my £50 a minute premium number, before those kill-joys at SNOPES spoiled it all!
Seriously though, Snopes is a cool site with a compendium of scams and urban folklore.
Seriously though, Snopes is a cool site with a compendium of scams and urban folklore.
Well from reading about it , yes the amounts are more than you could get , but it's still something that "could" happen , but to be honest anyone letting anyone in their home should always be aware
I hope that Spike hasnt had his bill thru from the BBQ weekend yet
# whistles innocently #
# whistles innocently #
Just ask BT (or whoever) to block calls to premium rate numbers from your phones; if memory serves BT also provide a service whereby any call made to a premium or overseas number gets transferred to an operator to be okayed before being put through.
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