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In message [email protected],
Petert <[email protected]> Proclaimed from the tallest tower:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:04:48 +0100, Jon <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> [email protected]lid says...
>>> As it's an 0800 number, why not ring it from a landline and find
>>> out..? I doubt a con artist would bother to set up a freephone
>>> number somehow, but I could be wrong.
>>
>> You are wrong. The cost of setting up an 0800 number is trivial
>> compared to the profits to be had from such an operation.
>
> Profit, from an 0800 number?

I guess tricking people into buying a new phone/taking out a new contract is
probably the scam here, rather than a premium rate number con.

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On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:41:51 +0100, "ChrisM"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In message [email protected],
>Petert <[email protected]> Proclaimed from the tallest tower:
>
>> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:04:48 +0100, Jon <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <[email protected]>,
>>> [email protected]lid says...
>>>> As it's an 0800 number, why not ring it from a landline and find
>>>> out..? I doubt a con artist would bother to set up a freephone
>>>> number somehow, but I could be wrong.
>>>
>>> You are wrong. The cost of setting up an 0800 number is trivial
>>> compared to the profits to be had from such an operation.
>>
>> Profit, from an 0800 number?
>
>I guess tricking people into buying a new phone/taking out a new contract is
>probably the scam here, rather than a premium rate number con.

Fair enough
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Peter

In article <[email protected]>, peterthomas8899
@googlemail.com says...
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:04:48 +0100, Jon <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <[email protected]>,
> >[email protected] says...
> >> As it's an 0800 number, why not ring it from a landline and find out..? I
> >> doubt a con artist would bother to set up a freephone number somehow, but
> >> I could be wrong.
> >
> >You are wrong. The cost of setting up an 0800 number is trivial compared
> >to the profits to be had from such an operation.
>
> Profit, from an 0800 number?

No, profit from running a "slamming" operation, i.e. texting people to
entice them to upgrade thier phones.
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Regards
Jon

"Petert" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:04:48 +0100, Jon <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>[email protected] says...
>>> As it's an 0800 number, why not ring it from a landline and find
>>> out..? I
>>> doubt a con artist would bother to set up a freephone number
>>> somehow, but
>>> I could be wrong.
>>
>>You are wrong. The cost of setting up an 0800 number is trivial
>>compared
>>to the profits to be had from such an operation.
>
> Profit, from an 0800 number?
> --
> Cheers
>
> Peter


It is a known and proven fact that if Joe Public doesn't have to pay for
a call (directly) then he is more likely to use it than if he is or
perceives he is paying for it.

Get profitable business out of him and 0800 has paid for itself.

QED



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