Re: Scam recorded calls

"Gordon Henderson" <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> wrote in message
news:hba6nr$24eo$1@energise.enta.net...
> In article <4ad89afe$0$2528$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
> Ken <none@none.co.uk> wrote:
>>Hi I wonder if anyone can help me.
>>
>>My wife has had a lot of recorded messages this week offering loans and
>>today she listened to the whole message at the end of which it said if you
>>want to be taken off our database press 9. I am now worried as she pressed
>>it. Is there any way it is a scam and we could of incurred some form of
>>charge. She called BT who said it was probably innocent as these calls do
>>happen but it could be a scam so can anyone help.
>
> You can't be charged. Pushing 9 just lets them know there is a human on
> the end of the line.
>
>>Also on how to stop these calls as we have a poorly person in the house
>>who
>>doesn't want to have to get up to take these silly calls?
>
> http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/
>
> and a cordless (DECT) phone!
>
> Arguably these people can be calling from abroad and they can say that
> by pushing 9, you are accepting their call then they can transfer you
> to a UK call centre then they can argue that they don't need to go via
> the TPS because you pushed 9 to accept the call...
>
> Gordon

Gordon many thanks.

We called 150 (at BT) who said the billing would be updated from 10.00 pm so
to call after to check but we wont bother now. We do have two dect phones
but sometimes the poorly person is in bed, the only one in the house and
they sleep a lot. So I guess we will have to remember to turn off the
ringer.

Again thnaks for your quick reply and help.

Ken
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