Does anyone know this phone number?

Well, i think i heard something about this sort of thing happening last night on the news, its exactly what you think, a scam. They ring you, you miss it, then you call back. Get told to call another number for your unique code to claim a prize, takes em 5 minutes to give you the code, and charge you $3 a minute for it

 

I heard a similar thing on the radio where a computer dialed peoples mobiles even at 3 in the morning, get you to call another number to claim a price, charge $$$ per minute and keep you waiting until you hang up.

 

Got called on my N70 and girlfriends V3X, both on 3, I think they sold us out the bastards! Same number and everything

 

Yeah DON'T bother to ring back, they think they are clever B*stards trying to trick unsuspecting people. LOL we suspect everything and everyone tho lmao.

Its like those ads on tv "your lucky day" where they ask a stupidly easy question and you get a chance to win a prize but costs $5 per SMS.

 

iPods play MP3's or CD's. And you have to answer 20 questions at 5 bucks a pop or something.

If you won it'd be cheap, but they'd make a killing.

 

Its usually screened during programs like Neighbours, Big Brother, etc, so the target audience are your teenagers and young adults, so there is a degree of naivity hence they do the quiz and end up spending alot of money without even realising it.

Wish I'd thought of it...

 

Hey Guys Gals,

I got the same call (i think) it was from 02 84042236 on the 23/5/06 @1.30pm.
I have a Nokia N70 on a 3G network with Telstra.
It hung up that quick i didnt get a chance to answer it.
I didnt ring back.
so i rang back on another phone and a message comes up saying " Hi, did i just call you?..." He rambles on about winning a $40 prize and you then need to ring a 1900 no. with a unique code ring the no. get the prize...
So yes it is a scam.
I also have a private no. so who knows how they get it. Ive had my no. since '97 and has allways been a private no.
They may even ring random no.s? It might be worth it for them.

So maybe if we can make a record of all of these no.s?

 

This whole thing reminds me of the Simpsons when Homer gets that telemarketing scam machine (ie send 1 dollar to Happy Dude for eternal happiness). Such a great episode!

 

yeah got one today.
26/5/06 @7.45pm

0284042236

ive got a nokia 5140 and im on vodafone.


it woke me up to the bastards

 

That episode is gold, chief wiggam tells homer exactly what wil happen if he gets caught yet he still takes the damn thing.

My house got the phone call about an hour after the thing was on the news the other night, i was standing next to the phone whehn it rang so my instant reaction was to answer it cos my old man runs a business from home, and they played the message so i just hung up

 

Add 02 8404 2203 to the list.

I received a similar call from the above number today.

However, I am scottish, so I never ring back a number unless I know who it is.

If they want me badly enough, they will ring back.

 

Happend to me on tuesday!!!

Number prankd me rang once, I rang back, It said "congradulations you have one a free lcd please call blah blah blah to claim it, thisis charged at $6.99 a minute"

****ing got me a beauty... $7 goneeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

that reminded me i got a missed call from an (02) number a week or so ago, checked my phone
missed call: 18/05/06, 1.02pm, (02)8404 2213
didnt ring back, so that could well be another

 

If you have ever bought a lottery ticket in a shopping centre for a car and put your number down on the ticket without ticking the little box next to the fine print (if you could even read the fine print and see the box it's that small). That's how they add your number to a database as well as a ton of other ways.

There is a market for all this personal information with companies buying and selling all kinds of data about people with the peoples knowledge.

A lot of places also just randomly call numbers thus getting through to private numbers. I have a private number as well and have gotten plenty of telemarketers calls.

I hope that the "DO NOT CALL" register before parliament becomes a reality. I will will definitely be putting my name and number on it.

 

That's one of the ways they get phone numbers.

 

Well lucky they only ring once and it hangs up not like rings and rings until you pick it up and then get connected.... and wastes your time!

 

I got that call last week - (02) 8404 2213

Tried to call it back but it didn't work, so I googled the number and it came up with this site and list....

http://skit.id.au/blog/2006/01/24/mobile-call-back-spam/

No idea where the got my number - could be from anything really. I'm with virgin btw