[access-uk] Re: Premium Rate Calls - was: New Form of Unwanted Telephone Scam Call

  • From: James English <james13english@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 11:42:49 +0000

Yes, see here
http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/alert-watch-out-for-premium-rate-personal-numbers-nov14
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On 2/26/17, Spring Flower <spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

and so if it has a 0 after the 7 its not necessarily a mobile number, have
never come across that before

trace

----- Original Message -----
From: "James English" <james13english@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 11:15 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Premium Rate Calls - was: New Form of Unwanted
Telephone Scam Call


070 numbers are often 'special rate' numbers. Fortunately, phone
services like telediscount don't know this so you can still ring
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On 2/26/17, Spring Flower <spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
07 numbers are mobile's aren't they

trace

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 10:14 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Premium Rate Calls - was: New Form of Unwanted
Telephone Scam Call


Hi John,

Thinking about it, I'm guessing your hospital number was 087, rather
than
07, which would indeed be a charged premium rate number.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of
John Farley (Redacted sender "john_farley" for DMARC)
Sent: 25 February 2017 22:40
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Premium Rate Calls - was: New Form of Unwanted
Telephone Scam Call

Hi George,

Please see my note to Trace regarding the calls to my brother while he
was
in hospital; I believe that this was the hospital, or their management
company, who are still responsible to the CCG who were responsible for
this
as a means of adding to the coffers. While they do need to cover costs
the
need of patient's relations and friends should not be forgotten.

I guess this might be getting a bit political so I will stop here.


Regards, John

Tel: +44 (0) 1442 259243
Mob: +44 (0) 7815 056076




-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of
George Bell
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 8:40 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Premium Rate Calls - was: New Form of Unwanted
Telephone Scam Call

Trace brings up a very good point here, so have started a new thread.

"The phone companies are actually as bad in some ways, take the premium
rate
numbers that in the past people have rung not knowing they'd be charged
an
arm and a leg for doing so, the phone companies say that they can't do
anything about them, of course they can as its the phone companies who
we
pay our bills to and so it must be they who pass on the money, hardly
roket
science not to is it."

I have no objections to paying a reasonable telephone fee for support.

However what really does brass me off is being on hold to these numbers
for
an excessive length of time while being told, "Your call is important
to
us
- please hold."

George

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