phone scam?
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just had a cal from an 0845 number asking if i would accept a reverse charge phone call with the message "you have a reverse charge call from "static buzzing" say yes to accept it"
so i put the phone down as i didn't want to get involved
the next time i picked up the phone, the same message
so i disconnected and when i connected the line to call someone, i got the same message
so i said "yes"
and some woman on the phone said she was calling from the nhs
"why are you calling me, on a sunday, with a reverse charge phonecall?"
"there is a problem with our systems"
"then get them fixed and call me back later"
and put the phone down
then i called bt to find out what was going on and apparently it's one of them reserve charge phonecall things where they leave a message with a company and then it becomes all automated
08456853000 is the number it originated from so if you have caller id enabled and this number comes up with the same sort of message, beware
this public service broadcast was sponsered by dojj, and the letters b and t, with the number 3
so i put the phone down as i didn't want to get involved
the next time i picked up the phone, the same message
so i disconnected and when i connected the line to call someone, i got the same message
so i said "yes"
and some woman on the phone said she was calling from the nhs
"why are you calling me, on a sunday, with a reverse charge phonecall?"
"there is a problem with our systems"
"then get them fixed and call me back later"
and put the phone down
then i called bt to find out what was going on and apparently it's one of them reserve charge phonecall things where they leave a message with a company and then it becomes all automated
08456853000 is the number it originated from so if you have caller id enabled and this number comes up with the same sort of message, beware
this public service broadcast was sponsered by dojj, and the letters b and t, with the number 3
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this should stop the reverse charge call from blocking the line up as was happening to me until i answered the message
this is the best link i've found so far
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=17890141
which seems to back up what bt have told me across 3 different call centers, so if i get a bill for Ł3.48 then i shall start to complain about it
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that may have come across a bit harsh
i was mearly commenting on the 105 pages worth of techy speak that i failed to understand, rather than mocking you for telling me about it
hoipe that makes clear any misunderstanding that may have occoured
i was mearly commenting on the 105 pages worth of techy speak that i failed to understand, rather than mocking you for telling me about it
hoipe that makes clear any misunderstanding that may have occoured
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