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Title: just had an interesting phone call Post by: bhoywonder on March 21, 2009, 02:15:46 PM Just recently the phone went and an automated message told me 'Congratulations you have just won a cruise,now press 9 to recieve the details'...................????
i hung up bad beat or wise decision? never had one of those before>?? Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: Jim-D on March 21, 2009, 02:17:27 PM Nice lay down pal
Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: thetank on March 21, 2009, 02:21:27 PM I get a couple of them a week.
Never made it past 'congratu...' tbh Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: Robert HM on March 21, 2009, 02:22:37 PM Nice lay down pal Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: GlasgowBandit on March 21, 2009, 03:34:02 PM I get a couple of them a week. Never made it past 'congratu...' tbh Odds on Thewy hitting 9 ? Bet the man is stil searching for the boat at Luton Airport :) Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: boldie on March 21, 2009, 06:15:18 PM I get a couple of them a week. Never made it past 'congratu...' tbh Odds on Thewy hitting 9 ? Bet the man is stil searching for the boat at Luton Airport :) Thewy hit the 9 and was given the cruise liner Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: trafficjam on March 22, 2009, 05:24:27 PM I get a couple of them a week. Never made it past 'congratu...' tbh Me too Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: Ironside on March 22, 2009, 05:28:24 PM i like the ones that phone you up and tell you that the call they are making to you is a "free call" too damm right it better be
Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: paulhouk03 on March 22, 2009, 05:31:17 PM hang up
you can phone your phone provider up and tell them that you want taken off the list so companies cant call you.well BT does Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: dousche on March 22, 2009, 10:03:06 PM hang up you can phone your phone provider up and tell them that you want taken off the list so companies cant call you.well BT does being ex-directory doesnt meam you dont get these calls. companies get your number from other sources too, totally against data protection in most cases, but meh Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: biscuit898 on March 22, 2009, 11:13:18 PM how does the scam work, does pressing 9, make your phone dial a premium rate number?
Title: Re: just had an interesting phone call Post by: GreekStein on March 22, 2009, 11:32:48 PM how does the scam work, does pressing 9, make your phone dial a premium rate number? yup. Similar sort of thing happens in magazines with their scratchcards. 9 in 10 times you will win a 'holiday' or something but have to dial a number which charges £7 a minute for 11 minutes and you get a free ferry ride to France or something on the 22nd September 2012. |