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>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 ?

> 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!

> 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).

> 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).

> 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 wasnt
> 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.

> 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 wasnt
> > 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 hadnt occurred to them that whoever may have
> nicked your card might have nicked your phone also?

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