Is This A Telephone Scam?

[Last Ten]

We keep getting international telephone calls, that on answering play a recorded message stating you have won a prize, etc, etc and you cannot terminate the message even after putting the phone down

 

I would like to know if I can get these calls stopped and also am I being charged for receiving these nuisance calls.

 

Anyone else suffering in the IOM?

 

Cheers

 

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[Observer]

You won't be charged for receiving them - if you listen to the whole message it probably gives out a premium rate number for you to call to claim your 'prize' (which obviously you are not going to do)

 

Report it to Manx Telecom.

[Uni]

I had same pre-recorded messages, I just hangup straight away.

 

It won't cut them off if you have a phone system that allows you to transfer calls from one to phone to another.

 

Costs you nothing unless you ring them back.

[R_ReaVeR]

You could try these people. I registered with them for my home phone number after receiving numerous "you've won a prize" phone calls and it seems to have done the trick

 

Unsolicited phone block

[Mission]

Yeah, I had that one yesterday, there was a message on my answerphone when I got home from work.

 

Thanks for the link R_Reaver, I just registered with them.

[Last Ten]

Thanks everybody for replying and thanks R_ReaVeR for the link, I have just registered as well.

 

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[Mission]

and you cannot terminate the message even after putting the phone down

 

Just had it again, so I hung up after he said "so please don't hang up". Pressed for a dial tone again and it was still playing, unplugged from the socket, plugged in again and still playing!

 

Annoying feckers, I really hate things like this.

[ade]

Thanks R_Reaver, just registered.

[The Old Git]

I registed with TPS a while back and it cut out mosty of these calls except the one we all seem to have received yesterday. I presume they operate from outside the UK and don't comply with the TPS service

[Observer]

and you cannot terminate the message even after putting the phone down

 

Just had it again, so I hung up after he said "so please don't hang up". Pressed for a dial tone again and it was still playing, unplugged from the socket, plugged in again and still playing!

 

Annoying feckers, I really hate things like this.

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The reason why you cannot terminate the call is because you didn't initiate it and as it's a recorded message it will play on until it's run it's course.

 

(In much the same way as when somebody rings you and does not put the phone back on the cradle after the call and you subsequently can't make a call until they have terminated the connection)

[Lucy]

I'm still getting them today. They don't bother me as such, I just don't like my phone ringing at all so when it's not even someone that wants to speak to me it's a bit frustrating. Still, it means that while they're clogging the line up real people can't get through to annoy me.

[thebees]

Ha ha ha ha ha foolish machines left 3 foolish messages on our answer machine. They are a pain in the arse, ?who knows where they get the numbrs from...MT of course, how kind of them. They're so persistent as well, Mr Bee keeps them on talking for ages and gets them to send information. Often we get junk mail with reply paid envelopes in, where better to send junk mail to? we either rip their junk up and send it right back, or send them some other hardsell loan application in their reply paid envelope. Does anyone ever read junk mail?

[Tee]

I read all the junk mail, it's so nice to get mail that isn't bills

[Lucy]

we either rip their junk up and send it right back, or send them some other hardsell loan application in their reply paid envelope.

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Nice idea, that's what i'll be doing in future.