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Re: [LUG] OT: D & C Police Warning

 

On Mon, 26 Aug 2013, Dan Dart wrote:

Martijn Grooten <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013, Julian Hall wrote:
Just saw this on Facebook.. claims to be genuine so I thought I'd
share just
in case.


https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1009683_502951889779263_619882895_o.jpg

It's a good idea to be cautious before calling an unknown number. This
particular scam, however, has not been running since December 2005.

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/pds.asp

I thought they can charge a max of Â5 per minute on 05 numbers or something?

0500 is free.

0555x is variable rate and I have from 1.5p to 6p a minute for them.

056x is (was) a supossedly VoIP call but no-one really uses it (and I charge 2p a minute to call it)

Hm. Checking my latest rate sheet, the most expensive UK call is to 08440035... and 08440556... another reason to avoid 0844 numbers. (getting on for Â2 a minute - more expensive than some 09 numbers!)

118505 (BT Dir Enq) is stupidly expensive too.

If you want to check call rates, then this site:

  http://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm

is a usefull one to use. Their prices are based on the standard BT rates - calls from other networks may vary, as they say.

Gordon
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