just had an interesting phone call

[bhoywonder]

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>??

[Jim-D]

Nice lay down pal

[thetank]

I get a couple of them a week.

Never made it past 'congratu...' tbh

[Robert HM]

Nice lay down pal

[GlasgowBandit]

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

[boldie]

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

[trafficjam]

I get a couple of them a week.

Never made it past 'congratu...' tbh

Me too

[Ironside]

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

[paulhouk03]

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

[dousche]

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

[biscuit898]

how does the scam work, does pressing 9, make your phone dial a premium rate number?

[GreekStein]

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.