Potential con/scam !

By : Forum Member
Published 26th October 2015 |
Read latest comment - 28th October 2015

Received this email earlier - 

Hi,

I'm chasing up on a previous request for a member of your business to contact us if possible?

We have been wanting to get some quotes for services provided please.

The best number for me today is the mobile as I am in and out of the office 07011772190

If for any reason I am not available when you call, please do leave a voicemail and I will call you back.

Thanks,

Jason Cartwright
RRS Testing

The thing is we never had a previous email. Quick Google search, no company by the name of RRS Testing.

Also interesting fact is its displaying a 070 number - how many of you knew that this is a premium rate number?

Calls can cost up to £1.50 a minute and in fact they have been used to con people to call them only to have either garbled messages or someone answers and pretends not to hear you properly meaning you call for a second time costing another £1.50 !!!
    

Be aware of this nasty trick or be prepared for an expensive phone bill !


Clive
Comments

Yikes, thanks for sharing. 


Yeah I knew they were premium numbers but it is still easy to get caught out as you sometimes don't think of that when calling back .. This evening I had a dodgy Indian call about my PC being full of errors ,I just put the phone down lol


Thanks,
Andy-C | Pewter World

Yeah I knew they were premium numbers but it is still easy to get caught out as you sometimes don't think of that when calling back .. This evening I had a dodgy Indian call about my PC being full of errors ,I just put the phone down lol”
 

That con still going? Thought it may have died off by now.

Mind you i had an email the other day to my Hotmail account - would i like to have 10million dollars in my account and i could keep 2million of it if i sent them my details .......


Clive

lol .. Had a few of them in my time too ...I keep getting SEO people trying to get me to answer them in emails ,drives me around the bend ..... Although I am waiting for the perfect wholesale company to contact me to see if I want to sell their products ,but sadly all I get are junk companies that sell stuff I have no desire selling


Thanks,
Andy-C | Pewter World

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