[Gllug] [OT] Phone Scam?

[MartinHuntCOM-GenericMail]

Any sort of non standard number (0845, 0870, 0871, 07*) gets the owner 
money when calls are received, however "non premium" special numbers 
don't come under as much legislation or consumer protection as 09* 
"premium" numbers.

OFCOM have just done a consultation [20 page questionnaire] with owners 
of such numbers (I had an 0870 which was connected to a regular answer 
phone for a website I used to run and used to get 4p per minute) and it 
is likely that they are going to change the way that this sort of number 
works.


Richard Jones wrote:

>On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 06:14:46AM -0400, Steve Nelson wrote:
>  
>
>>The number was 07090297367
>>
>>I guess there's nothing one can do - I've probably wasted more than 20
>>quid and feel a bit gullible - but just making you all aware.
>>    
>>
>
>According to Google, 07090 are personal phone numbers - these cost a
>bit more to dial (32p/min daytime) but shouldn't have cost you 20 quid
>unless you hung on the phone for an hour.  Since it's not a premium
>number I also don't understand how the owner of the number can make
>money from them.
>
>Rich.
>
>  
>

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