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Mar 17th, 2009 at 12:45pm  
hello saynoto0870 : how many people have been caught by PREMIUM MOBILE NUMERS with no warning given ? : is it possible that yr website could include in its listings, or in a separate < warnlist >, all known premium mobile nrs ? : I was caught by 0707 9030965.
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Reply #1 - Mar 17th, 2009 at 3:23pm  
070 numbers are not mobile numbers. They are "personal" numbers and are charged at up to 50ppm from a BT landline and mobile providers don't treat them as inclusive.

UK mobile numbers start 075, 077, 078 and 079.

Personal numbers (070) are sometimes used by scammers to give missed calls, particularly to mobile telephones. The 070 number comes up on the victim's caller display and they often call it back thinking it's a mobile number.

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Reply #2 - Mar 17th, 2009 at 10:41pm  
many thnx fr yr info - I have warned everyone whom I know, DO NOT USE 070****** !

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Reply #3 - Mar 22nd, 2009 at 12:53pm  
hannibal wrote on Mar 17th, 2009 at 10:41pm:
many thnx fr yr info - I have warned everyone whom I know, DO NOT USE 070****** !

hannibal


Ofcom had promised to make 070 numbers in to 06 numbers to stop this con from continuing three years ago but as usual they back tracked when a few of their chums at the telcos complained that ending the con might cost them money.

See www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/070options/
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Reply #4 - Mar 22nd, 2009 at 4:01pm  
NGMsGhost wrote on Mar 22nd, 2009 at 12:53pm:
Ofcom had promised to make 070 numbers in to 06 numbers to stop this con from continuing three years ago but as usual they back tracked when a few of their chums at the telcos complained that ending the con might cost them money.
There is one thing that we can always count on Ofcom for and that is that despite being a so-called independant regulator, they always favour what communication providers like/want moreso than what is good for us general public
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