<Country> Number XXXXXXXXXXXX
(calls are to be made reversed charge)
These numbers are free to call and are staffed by an independent organisation, operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You do not have to give your name.
reversing the charges means when you ring the other person is billed for it
Is that still available? hmmm…..interesting
In what experts are calling “pretexting,” fraudsters are calling the phone companies and posing as the customer, asking for information on their recent calls, ostensibly for billing purposes.
The problem is a potentially major one, as the US National Consumers’ League has issued a warning in its latest monthly magazine.
According to the NCL, your telephone records can reveal a lot about you including your address, the local and long distance numbers dialed from your phone number, and the numbers from which reverse charge calls were accepted. And says the consumer group, mobile phone records can be equally revealing.
By the book, of course, the telcos shouldn’t release this kind of information over the phone. They should verify your ID then offer to mail it out via the post.
But the fraudsters can be quite persuasive.
The $64,000 question is whether BT and the mobile phone companies could be similarly fooled in the UK….
An unsuspecting printer salesman calls the wrong number and get’s more than she can handle: Lionel vs. The Telemarketer
http://www.lionelonline.com
Duration : 0:2:30
Some one rings up up from a seemingly genuine BT number using name of reverse call charge asking you to accept a reverse call charge. Ignore, do not say a word. Just replace the receiver.
Has anyone else had this happen to them?
Because it showed up on my phone bill. I said Yes I will accept instead of saying nothing. Silly girl
If it is a genuine BT transfer charge call the operator will intercept and once you have agreed to accept the reverse charge cal the operator will ask the caller their name and if you okay it the operator will then tell the caller to go ahead.
No but will take your advise
thanks
dont think there is mate.
Dancing and rapping atoo getting excited about phoning home.
Production: Gilles Hurtebize, Francis Lenoir, Gyuri Karnay
This is a tutorial on how to do the Reverse Charge. (aka Rev Charge)