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Reverse charge calls "service" #

Posted by Steve Nicholas on October 12, 2009, 8:42 am
Message modified by board administrator October 12, 2009, 3:01 pm

Hi All

Rather worryingly, I caught the tailend of a message on my answering machine early this morning:-

"...if you want to opt out of the reverse charge calls service key in 7,6....input not detected..."

Well, there wouldn't be any input cos no B***er was there to answer this call!

Does that mean I have now elected, by default, to receive 'phone calls at £9000 a minute or what?

This way of doing "business" on the 'phone does nothing to suppress my homicidal tendencies!

Regards,

Steve

Re: Reverse charge calls "service"

Posted by Keith Simpson on October 12, 2009, 9:06 am, in reply to "Reverse charge calls "service""

Hi Steve if anyone wants to reverse charges, by law the operator must get your permision first. And keying in #76 on your phone does not mean anything.

Keith

Re: Reverse charge calls "service"

Posted by Michael Whitworth on October 12, 2009, 1:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Reverse charge calls "service""
Mike Whitworth - Administrator

More like this is a scam to get you to key in #76 opening up some way of extorting money from you!!!

Re: Reverse charge calls "service"

Posted by Steve Nicholas on October 12, 2009, 4:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Reverse charge calls "service""

Thank you for the replies gentlemen.

I guess we must all be more aware of what is going on scam-wise.

Prompted by this, I have today registered my business number with the Corporate Telephone Preference Service.

Link below...

Regards,

Steve

Link: Telephone Preference Service (corporate & private)

Re: Reverse charge calls "service"

Posted by Sean Connelly on October 13, 2009, 8:00 am, in reply to "Re: Reverse charge calls "service""
Sean Connelly

We've been using this for years and it does work.

Don't foeget to do the same for your fax number.

Sean

Re: Reverse charge calls "service"

Posted by Shaun Dale on October 22, 2009, 8:32 am, in reply to "Re: Reverse charge calls "service""

For your fax number register with the Fax Preference Service (FPS) sorry no idea of the number at the moment, this will (eventually) stop junk faxes.
I had to do this with my normal phone line as the answerphone kept getting filled up with fax beeps leaving no message space for genuine calls!
Shaun

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