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I don't know if anyone is afflicted by this, but our Business Centre is being inundated with calls from seemingly mobile phone numbers beginning with 07046. If the recipient calls back, they are met with an answerphone and I'm led to believe that ringing it back and leaving a message costs £1 per call.
Seemingly, the company behind the scam, rather appropriately, is called CHEERS
We started to get the calls at 17:00pm yesterday and they have just started again.
Regards
Steve
Seemingly, the company behind the scam, rather appropriately, is called CHEERS
We started to get the calls at 17:00pm yesterday and they have just started again.
Regards
Steve
anniesdad said:
I don't know if anyone is afflicted by this, but our Business Centre is being inundated with calls from seemingly mobile phone numbers beginning with 07046. If the recipient calls back, they are met with an answerphone and I'm led to believe that ringing it back and leaving a message costs £1 per call.
Seemingly, the company behind the scam, rather appropriately, is called CHEERS
We started to get the calls at 17:00pm yesterday and they have just started again.
Regards
Steve
This happens all the time to my mobile, and it's "Ex directory" being a Vodafone "company" number. I think the moral of the story is, if you get a call which disconnects, and you don't recognise the number, if they want you and it's urgent, they'll call back. Otherwise, ignore it. £1 a minute is cheap, some of these are £5 a minute !!!!
You should report these numbers to ICSTIS ( www.icstis.org ) who can act quickly to stop them providing these services.
got a few on my phone.
its originally a japanese scam. they dial hundreds of thousands of telephones, let them ring once, and hang up. the caller then returns the call and whacked. apparently they had to put a measure through in japan double quick time cause so many calls were being simultaneously it was bring the networks to their knees.
only a matter of time it happened here.
its originally a japanese scam. they dial hundreds of thousands of telephones, let them ring once, and hang up. the caller then returns the call and whacked. apparently they had to put a measure through in japan double quick time cause so many calls were being simultaneously it was bring the networks to their knees.
only a matter of time it happened here.
308GTB said:
I also heard about another that locks you onto a phone line with a premium rate for 5 or 10 minutes. If you pick the phone up again in a few minutes time you are still connected and there's no dial tone.
Sounds like a scare story. The originator of the call is the one that terminates it. If you call a number and then put the phone down, the call is over.
If somebody calls you, however, and forgets to put their end down, then the line is tied up but at least you're not paying for the call...
i have noticed that scam calls seem to be on the increase recently (or maybe my numbers have just been put on a list somewhere). i have had quite a few calls recently that are connected to a recorded message that is meant to sound like someone is actually talking to you. but it is so obvious that it is a machine that i dont understand how anyone could possibly fall for them.
chris
chris
los angeles said:
You can be sure BT is getting kick backs for the scam. Send them a letter of severe complaint and remind them the practice is illegal and the BT code of ethics contravened.
Of this i'm sure. We called one of the number's being used, once, so expect to have an item placed on our bill. There are various complaints being forwarded as far as I am aware.
I had one the other day that I've not heard of before where I answered my mobile only to get a fanfare (like you get when you listen to a text message on a landline) and then a voicemail message from a very cheery girl saying we hadn't spoken for a while and why didn't I call her for a chat.
Of course it was a premium rate number. I knew it was a scam anyway, I don't know any cheery girls.
Of course it was a premium rate number. I knew it was a scam anyway, I don't know any cheery girls.
Li'l Pugs said:
This happens all the time to my mobile, and it's "Ex directory" being a Vodafone "company" number. I think the moral of the story is, if you get a call which disconnects, and you don't recognise the number, if they want you and it's urgent, they'll call back. Otherwise, ignore it. £1 a minute is cheap, some of these are £5 a minute !!!!
AFAIK the max uk call charge is £1.50 per minute and will be an 09*** number, rather than an 07***
anniesdad said:
I don't know if anyone is afflicted by this, but our Business Centre is being inundated with calls from seemingly mobile phone numbers beginning with 07046. If the recipient calls back, they are met with an answerphone and I'm led to believe that ringing it back and leaving a message costs £1 per call.
Seemingly, the company behind the scam, rather appropriately, is called CHEERS
We started to get the calls at 17:00pm yesterday and they have just started again.
Regards
Steve
I have had that too Steve, when I traced the company that owns the 07046 number it was cheers. It's basically a personal number service. I had 4/5 different numbers calling me, the end numbers were all sequential. Like you I called back and no one was there.
Slightly different problem..
does anyone receive calls from +234 numbers on their mobile?
I was getting two or three an hour a few weeks ago, spoke to O2 about it and if I'd answered I would have been charged for the calls (international).
I asked them to block incoming international calls to my phone but they said they could not do such a thing
does anyone receive calls from +234 numbers on their mobile?
I was getting two or three an hour a few weeks ago, spoke to O2 about it and if I'd answered I would have been charged for the calls (international).
I asked them to block incoming international calls to my phone but they said they could not do such a thing
grumpy rob said:
Slightly different problem..
does anyone receive calls from +234 numbers on their mobile?
I was getting two or three an hour a few weeks ago, spoke to O2 about it and if I'd answered I would have been charged for the calls (international).
I asked them to block incoming international calls to my phone but they said they could not do such a thing
I don't believe you can be charged for receiving a call unless you are 'roaming'.
alloypearltam said:
I don't know if anyone is afflicted by this, but our Business Centre is being inundated with calls from seemingly mobile phone numbers beginning with 07046. If the recipient calls back, they are met with an answerphone and I'm led to believe that ringing it back and leaving a message costs £1 per call.
Seemingly, the company behind the scam, rather appropriately, is called CHEERS
We started to get the calls at 17:00pm yesterday and they have just started again.
Regards
Steve
I have had that too Steve, when I traced the company that owns the 07046 number it was cheers. It's basically a personal number service. I had 4/5 different numbers calling me, the end numbers were all sequential. Like you I called back and no one was there.
How did you get them to stop? Did they just stop on their own?
anniesdad said:
Bastards have started again!! 
I have been having similar but more subtle calls with the same end see here
Today the call came from 02071060100 but it amounts to the same thing, a request to call an 07046 number to claim a prize for answering a 'survey'. No marketing message is transmitted so telephone preference service does not apply.
motco said:
I have been having similar but more subtle calls with the same end see here
Today the call came from 02071060100 but it amounts to the same thing, a request to call an 07046 number to claim a prize for answering a 'survey'. No marketing message is transmitted so telephone preference service does not apply.
Sorry for bumping such an old thread but I got a call yesterday from the above number and a Google search for it lead me here! Pistonheads really is the new Google.Today the call came from 02071060100 but it amounts to the same thing, a request to call an 07046 number to claim a prize for answering a 'survey'. No marketing message is transmitted so telephone preference service does not apply.
What I really can't understand is how they got my number or why they called - I moved to the USA almost a year ago and they called me on my unlisted US mobile number!
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