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> For nearly two weeks Ive had several calls a day from 00923088460952.
> Sometimes the phone will ring just once, sometimes itll ring until
> answered, at which point they clear down.
>
> Ive called the number back - it just gets through to an Indian
> gentleman.

>
> Is this an international premium rate scam?

>
> Im with a VOIP operator (Gradwell) so I suspect I dont have the same
> filtering available to BT customers.

>
> wrote in message
> news:826a3b37-6f89-4938-8d11-c5d6bf19e128@u12g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>> For nearly two weeks Ive had several calls a day from 00923088460952.
>> Sometimes the phone will ring just once, sometimes itll ring until
>> answered, at which point they clear down.
>>
>> Ive called the number back - it just gets through to an Indian
>> gentleman.
>
> Unwise, but relatively harmless, if a bit expensive in this case.
>
> The number is a mobile in Pakistan.
>
>>
>> Is this an international premium rate scam?
>
> No, but calls to Pakistan mobiles wont be cheap.
>
>>
>> Im with a VOIP operator (Gradwell) so I suspect I dont have the same
>> filtering available to BT customers.

> For nearly two weeks Ive had several calls a day from 00923088460952.
> Sometimes the phone will ring just once, sometimes itll ring until
> answered, at which point they clear down.
>
> Ive called the number back - it just gets through to an Indian
> gentleman.
>
> Is this an international premium rate scam?
>
> Im with a VOIP operator (Gradwell) so I suspect I dont have the same
> filtering available to BT customers.

> For nearly two weeks Ive had several calls a day from 00923088460952.
> Sometimes the phone will ring just once, sometimes itll ring until
> answered, at which point they clear down.
>
> Ive called the number back

> gentleman.
>
> Is this an international premium rate scam?
>
> Im with a VOIP operator (Gradwell) so I suspect I dont have the same
> filtering available to BT customers.

> R. Mark Clayton wrote in message
> news:5fudnVpAq5 QSpnVnZ2dnUVZ8rGdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>
>> wrote in message
>> news:826a3b37-6f89-4938-8d11-c5d6bf19e128@u12g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>>> For nearly two weeks Ive had several calls a day from 00923088460952.
>>> Sometimes the phone will ring just once, sometimes itll ring until
>>> answered, at which point they clear down.
>>>
>>> Ive called the number back - it just gets through to an Indian
>>> gentleman.
>>
>> Unwise, but relatively harmless, if a bit expensive in this case.
>>
>> The number is a mobile in Pakistan.
>>
>>>
>>> Is this an international premium rate scam?
>>
>> No, but calls to Pakistan mobiles wont be cheap.
>>
>>>
>>> Im with a VOIP operator (Gradwell) so I suspect I dont have the same
>>> filtering available to BT customers.
>
> You still have the same rights to use TPS, but this would have limited
> effect in your case, whether with Gradwell or BT (foreign number). With
> BT you get Choose to Refuse if you pay them, but with voip your ata could
> possibly do the business for you for free, and much more flexibly. My
> Fritz!Box does call blocking OK, for example.
>
> Or Voxalot can act as a proxy ATA for $30 p.a. and block certain CLIP
> strings amongst other things.
>

>
> wrote in message
> news:826a3b37-6f89-4938-8d11-c5d6bf19e128@u12g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>> For nearly two weeks Ive had several calls a day from 00923088460952.
>> Sometimes the phone will ring just once, sometimes itll ring until
>> answered, at which point they clear down.
>>
>> Ive called the number back
>
> How stupid are you? People like you keep the scams alive and end up paying
> out loads.
> IGNORE the calls.