John McGarrigle

Hi all,

Just been speaking to a friend who claims to have received a call
saying "This is your bank, please press 1 to continue" or something
similar. They believe it to be a scam, whereupon pressing 1 they will
be charged at premium rates for the rest of the call (even though it
was inbound).

Is this technically possible, or is it a hoax?

Thanks!

Spin Dryer

[John McGarrigle], on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:10:26 -0800 (PST), said :-

>Hi all,
>
>Just been speaking to a friend who claims to have received a call
>saying "This is your bank, please press 1 to continue" or something
>similar. They believe it to be a scam, whereupon pressing 1 they will
>be charged at premium rates for the rest of the call (even though it
>was inbound).
>
>Is this technically possible, or is it a hoax?


Your friend is a fool to even belove this.

Where did he/she get the information from that they would be charged
'premium rates' ?

John McGarrigle

On 19 Nov, 20:38, Spin Dryer <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Your friend is a fool to even belove this.
>
> Where did he/she get the information from that they would be charged
> 'premium rates' ?

Thought so.. started doubting myself as was surrounded by other
insisting it was possible!

It's a popular myth I think.

Dave Wade

"John McGarrigle" <john@no.domain.name> wrote in message
news:fb91d42c-61b9-4144-80d1-6c3c918cba1a@w34g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Just been speaking to a friend who claims to have received a call
> saying "This is your bank, please press 1 to continue" or something
> similar. They believe it to be a scam, whereupon pressing 1 they will
> be charged at premium rates for the rest of the call (even though it
> was inbound).
>

Some autodialers (i.e. the systems used by telemarketeers) use this to check
the phone has been picked up by a real person not an answerphone and so it
can be passed to a "Sales Droid". They used to use "9" as the digit but
proibably stopped becuase of rumours its a scam. I know soemone on the group
used to have a "9" tone on his answer phone...

> Is this technically possible, or is it a hoax?
>

A hoax

> Thanks!

Chris Davies

John McGarrigle <john@no.domain.name> wrote:
> Just been speaking to a friend who claims to have received a call
> saying "This is your bank, please press 1 to continue" or something
> similar. They believe it to be a scam, whereupon pressing 1 they will
> be charged at premium rates for the rest of the call (even though it
> was inbound).

Sigh. PLEASE read the archives for this group. You've used google to
post. You can also use it to search, too!

Chris

Andy Davidson

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:10:26 -0800 (PST), John McGarrigle wrote:
> Just been speaking to a friend who claims to have received a call
> saying "This is your bank, please press 1 to continue" or something
> similar. They believe it to be a scam, whereupon pressing 1 they will
> be charged at premium rates for the rest of the call (even though it
> was inbound).

I had this to my mobile the other week - they claimed to be calling from
someone I do have an account with, but I dropped the call since I wasn't
expecting a call from them.

It turned out that they wanted to verify that some transactions on my
card that had been made that day were genuine, and nothing sinister.


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alexd

Andy Davidson wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:10:26 -0800 (PST), John McGarrigle wrote:
>> Just been speaking to a friend who claims to have received a call
>> saying "This is your bank, please press 1 to continue" or something
>> similar. They believe it to be a scam, whereupon pressing 1 they will
>> be charged at premium rates for the rest of the call (even though it
>> was inbound).
>
> I had this to my mobile the other week - they claimed to be calling from
> someone I do have an account with, but I dropped the call since I wasn't
> expecting a call from them.
>
> It turned out that they wanted to verify that some transactions on my
> card that had been made that day were genuine, and nothing sinister.

Interesting. I suppose it hadn't occurred to them that whoever may have
nicked your card might have nicked your phone also?

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"alexd" <troffasky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Andy Davidson wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:10:26 -0800 (PST), John McGarrigle wrote:
> >> Just been speaking to a friend who claims to have received a call
> >> saying "This is your bank, please press 1 to continue" or something
> >> similar. They believe it to be a scam, whereupon pressing 1 they will
> >> be charged at premium rates for the rest of the call (even though it
> >> was inbound).
> >
> > I had this to my mobile the other week - they claimed to be calling from
> > someone I do have an account with, but I dropped the call since I wasn't
> > expecting a call from them.
> >
> > It turned out that they wanted to verify that some transactions on my
> > card that had been made that day were genuine, and nothing sinister.
>
> Interesting. I suppose it hadn't occurred to them that whoever may have
> nicked your card might have nicked your phone also?

and when they get through do they still ask you to verify who you are by
giving them some personal data?

and then get very upset when you ask them to verify who they are?

ask for a reference code that you can use when you ring back on the
published number.
>
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