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Re: You've won a holiday.....
07090 is not a mobile phone code. It's a code used to identify "personal numbers"
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The problem with these calls is that there is a "weasel" in the TPS rules which excludes ones where they're not trying to sell something, but just let you know you've "won" a prize.
Of course it turns out that you have to pay for meals or go to a presentation (that turns out to be a hard sell) etc It's just a pain :( |
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__________________ BUGZME: :welcome: to Cable Forum, as has already been pointed out, the information you posted above is (unfortnately) not quite correct. However, thanks for trying to provide a warning for others - I understand your intentions. Raist. |
Re: You've won a holiday.....
Is it an urban myth or something a good phone phreaker could implement? Remember all control, routing and charging signals pass along those wires as tones that anyone with the right equipment can duplicate (anyone got a 2280 Hz generator if that is the control frequency still used?).
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Well, here's my uninformed guess as to why they want you to press a number.
The voice is obviously recorded and the dialling is probably computer generated. So, apart from the phone bill (which, being American, will be quite small), this will cost the caller virtually nothing. Only when someone gullible presses a key are they connected to a relatively expensive real person who can do the hard sell. It's all about targeting resources well. :2cents: |
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I don't think it's that sinister to be honest. I think it's a case of randomly dialing numbers in an area code and all gullible people will press '9'. They can then simply register that number as being a live number in a database and can then sell it on to anyone who needs it. I think the people who press 9 are just opening the floodgates to cold callers.
And by the way hi everyone this is my first post here :) :erm: |
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Today, being a Public holiday, the bowls club, of which I am a member had a members day to enjoy a game of bowls for small prizes to be followed by afternoon tea.
During the afternoon the outside telephone bell rang and I went to answer it............Yes you were right, it was a call informing me I had won a holiday ! |
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which is why i get all my ringtones of the internet and then either use bluetooth or sd card to get them on my phone... ;) btw with 1 i dont know if even if i did fall for it wether it would work because i have my mobile barred from making premium rate calls... but then i have no intention of dialing some random 07090 number after all if its a genuine caller and they needed to contact me theyed leave a voicemail or try calling later. |
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I received a missed call from the number 07011391968 which is also an odd looking number - appears to be something similar. The phone didnt ring by the way, and if it did, it must've only been for a split second.
I dont call them back, same as I rarely call any missed calls back unless its family - if its urgent, they'll call back :) As for anything through our landline, we have *227# enabled to block all withheld numbers from calling through. We dont get any of these types of calls - I cant even phone home from work, so at least I know it works. |
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it might not work but its worth a try... it should make the line you are calling from send its CLI (caller line identity) so its like the opposite to dialing 141 (which is withhold number) when you call a number ;) |
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