manxmaid Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Hi there, well today i got home from work and my phone bill was there greeting me, when i deciphered it I discovered there were 2 premium rate numbers on it totalling £32< I racked my brains, cursed the kids etc, then rang BT only to discover these numbers are under investigation, so be careful if u r on dial up, luckily for me the weekend my puter diallied these numbers I accidently unistalled my modem (dont ask), so when I came back online I was on broadband. What happens is that when u visit certain sites, u get dissed, and then when u reconnect u r being connected to a premium rate number and not your usual dial up. Like I said lucky for me I accidentally uninstalled my modem otherwise it could have been a lot worse, now I have to follow the procedures to get my money back. This is the link to the site that investigates premium rate numbers (BT gave me this) http://www.icstis.org.uk/icstis2002/default.asp?node=67#8 Anyone else come across this nightmare? I have now got premium rate numbers blocked from my line. Its worth the £4 a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmaid Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 PS forgot to say that when u reconnect u get no notice that u r dialling a premium rate number, only way u find this out is when u get your bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Umm, although this is a valid concern, in this instance, I don't see how your PC dialled up to a premium rate service if you had no modem. Doesn't quite sound like that's what's happened here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_ReaVeR Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Can this happen to you if you are on broadband? I assume that as broadband customers pay a fixed charge your safe? or is that a false safe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I think the point was the modem was uninstalled after the craxor got on. Nope, you can only get caught by this one if you've got a modem or a mobile phone using bluetooth or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Ahh right, the post was a little difficult to understand R_Reaver, you use a completely different technology to connect to your DSL, even if it's through a windows DUN. Broadband users are not affected by this and should be safe. Unless they leave their internal modems still in the box and a phone line plugged in.... I actually thought Premium Rate Call Barring was a free service anyway? I know you have to pay £4 for the user controlled one but you can ask the exchange to make it a permanent block and I thought it was free. My own personal opinion is that users should take responsibility for their own PC security instead of trying to lay the blame with their ISP. Installing Mozilla as your primary browser will almost eliminate this kind of threat instantly for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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