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Originally Posted by Halcyon
The other scam is where they call you and then ask you to press a number to continue or select a service.
This instantly changes the call and routes it so that you are paying.
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Ah, one of my favourite ones, this one. This has been debunked by us, BT and ICSTIS (although some Trading Standards departments had a bee in their bonnets about if for a while). Here's why it can't happen:
- When you're on a call, the switch won't pick up anything on your line after the call has routed, unless you press the R / Recall button
- Even if the switch could pick up something you'd dialled in the middle of a call, there would have to be a route set up on the switch for whatever it was. In short, if the call asked you to press '6' to claim your prize, the switch would have to be setup to connect you to the premium rate line after pressing 6. This would cause horrendous problems because it would mean everytime someone tried dialling a number that began with 6, they'd connect to the premium rate line.
- And finally, I can't remember exactly how much the maximum rate for a UK call is, but it's considerably less than £20 per minute.