You've won a holiday.....

[Stuart]

07090 is not a mobile phone code. It's a code used to identify "personal numbers"

[Graham]

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

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by daxx

yawn . . .

The tones generated by pressing '9' bear no resemblance to the 'charging tones' used in some countries.

Here in the UK charging is done by 'exchange and/or distance' and not by tones as in the US and certain other countries.

So the information given above is yet again untrue.

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BUGZME:

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.

[ian@huth]

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?).

[altis]

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.

[Imster]

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

[fireman328]

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 !

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by fireman328

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 !

Going anywhere nice?

Originally Posted by Imster

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

[dragon]

Originally Posted by BUGZME

1) You will receive a missed call from a number beginning with 07090ââ‚ƚ¬Ã‚¦Ã¢à¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ã‚¬Ã‚¦Bewar e of all mobile numbers beginning with this code. They will charge you a premium rate and will be outside of any free call allowance that you may have for calling different networks.

2) You will receive a text message saying that someone you know would like to meet you for a date. Before you let the adrenalin take over with passionate and impure thoughts filling your brain, please relax as this is only a con designed to get you to reply to the text message which will charge you at a premium rate.

3) you text for a ringtone and then find yourself subscribed @ £1.50 a week .etc

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.

[fireman328]

Originally Posted by Paul

Going anywhere nice?

I've heard, from Jack Duckworth that Formby is the Cannes of the North so I may try there.

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by Imster

And by the way hi everyone this is my first post here

to Cable Forum

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Imster

And by the way hi everyone this is my first post here

Ah yes

[jonifen]

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.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by jonifen

I cant even phone home from work, so at least I know it works.

try dialing 1470 before your number

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