Has This Happened To You?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/bills/article-3560304/The-terrifying-new-mobile-phone-scam-leaves-300-bill-calls-never-made.html

[Old_Geezer]

Read the first bit of the article. Since someone either makes a return call or not, it sounds to me as if the scam, if it exists, is a Vodafone scam. Only they can record and charge for calls made where none were.

[Jackdaw33]

For the little I use it I'll stick with PAYG. The maximum credit at any one time on my phone is £20.

[CrapAtCryptics]

My antivirus blocks any unidentified or foreign numbers coming in.

[anotheoldgit]

Old_Geezer

Be careful of what you accuse a company the size of Vodaphone of.

It is unlikely that a company of their esteem would conduct such a criminal act.

[Jackdaw33]

Who makes a call lasting 12 hours? Surely Vodaphone should realise that.

[Old_Geezer]

I think the onus is on the company demanding money for what is claimed to be unmade calls to prove themselves. I've done nothing more than point out the obvious. The phone company alone own the call records from which they create the billing.

[Old_Geezer]

That said it was the newspaper that described it as a scam. I'm just quoting that description.

[rockyracoon]

I fail to see how this scam can't be got on top of, I mean the money is paid into an account somewhere, it's not cash is it? The government and phone companies just can't be bothered.

[ivor4781]

i agree with Jackdaw33 pay as you go for me too mines a £10 limit