0208 phone numbers scams... anyone else affected?

[Deleted member 26715]

What's the mechanism for transferring the cost to the receiving line?

There isn't one unless you get yourself an 0870 number

I thought that the ability of an incoming caller to keep the line open after you put the phone down was disabled years ago?

From 2014: BT Changes UK Phone Call Clearing Procedure to Stop Fraudsters

It has, the timeout is only about a second now

 

[newfhouse]

Isn't 0208 one of the London codes? Therefore, any call will be dodgy.

Ha! The 020 8660 exchange that the genuine number is connected to is half a mile from where I’m typing this.

 

[DaveReading]

It has, the timeout is only about a second now

Thanks. So we're no nearer knowing how anybody can call you on a landline and end up costing you money to receive the call.

 

[ozboz]

What I have found odd. Is that for a couple of weeks is that I have benn getting txt from server saying I have multiple voice messages , I havnt got a message service , I’ve had this number over a year , and like others if I am not sure of number on screen , no answer but I do check the number on line to try and find out who it is

 

[oldwheels]

Nearly every day for a while I got a call sometime between 1200 and 1300 from a variety of unknown numbers, some landlines and some mobiles. Every time they cut off the call the instant the answering machine came on. They seem to have given up as not had any for a couple of weeks tho’ for part of that time I was not at home anyway.

 

[Dave7]

Ha! The 020 8660 exchange that the genuine number is connected to is half a mile from where I’m typing this.

I was tempted to contact him and advise him but his business doesnt show an email and I don't want to risk phoning him

 

[vickster]

I was tempted to contact him and advise him but his business doesnt show an email and I don't want to risk phoning him

Write him a letter if there’s an address

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I was tempted to contact him and advise him but his business doesnt show an email and I don't want to risk phoning him

I can send him 10,000 calls if you want that might get his attention

 

[Dave7]

I can send him 10,000 calls if you want that might get his attention

????

 

[Deleted member 26715]

????

You are assuming it's not him making the calls?

 

[Salar]

I missed a call from a Bristol number a few months ago, didn't recognise the number but googled the number to find it was a cafe and something on farcebook popped up saying that somebody had hijacked his number.

 

[Dave7]

You are assuming it's not him making the calls?

Yes, I am assuming someone, maybe in China, is cloning his number.
I say China as that is apparently where a lot these scams originate

 

[C R]

Yes, I am assuming someone, maybe in China, is cloning his number.
I say China as that is apparently where a lot these scams originate

India, judging by the accents. If I am bored I try to string them along and see how long I can waste their time; unfortunately they seem to be learning, and they hang up on me fairly quickly, shame.

 

[newfhouse]

India, judging by the accents. If I am bored I try to string them along and see how long I can waste their time; unfortunately they seem to be learning, and they hang up on me fairly quickly, shame.

You’re probably feeding useful data into their AI engine.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Yes, I am assuming someone, maybe in China, is cloning his number.
I say China as that is apparently where a lot these scams originate

As others have said it's not China, they control the telecom system very strictly there, it is very difficult to get calls in & out, you get blocked very quickly for the slightest infringement.