Phone scams.

[ozboz]

They'll block your access, but have no way of sorting the issue at the time.

Then someone phones back to tell you you're access has been blocked. Scammer or genuine call?

No one called me ,

 

[JohnHughes307]

I was surfing the net last night looking at getting a new bike , I clicked on one link and this notice from 3 said I need to call them to lift viewing restrictions and I needed to give my credit card number ? I tried four times and the same page popped up , So I duly phoned 3 this morning and told them there was a scam going on , the bloke I spoke to said it isn’t a scam , that’s how 3 check your over 18 , I told him I do not give my CC details out over the phone , and asked why you had to be 18+ to look at a bike web site anyway ? No proper reply , but it was the official call center number , so after the usual security checks he said he would lift the restriction, I checked the link to bike site and it is now ok ,

This is the standard mechanism to block "adult" sites on mobile phones. The legislation demanded that mobile networks block such sites from minors and, since many customers are totally anonymous to the network (i.e prepay) the only way they could do it automatically was using a cc as, unlike debit cards, they are only available to over 18s.
What happened to ozboz shows that a) they haven't been watching porn on their phone and b) that site had been misclassified as "adult"...