Mobile Phone Scam - Warn Your Friends

[Ext User(lloyd.frombriz@caramail.com)]

"DC Marketing" is calling mobiles, possibly with an illegal dialler
although that's hard to prove, and hanging up, leaving "missed calls"
on phones around the country. The phone owner calls to find out who it
is, and is told they've "won" a $40 prize, and have to call a 900
number (apparently at $2.50/min plus connection charges) to get their
prize claim number. Without having called it I'm not entirely certain
what happens from there, but knowing how these scams usually operate,
they have a long message, then put you through to an operator, who puts
you on hold, so 10 minutes and $25 later, you get to spend another $25
going through your own details so they can post you the cheap
fifty-cent plastic kazoo or whatever it is that you "won" that in their
fantasy land usually retails for $40, and add you to their sucker list
for future scams (that I'll bet they sell to other scammers). Google
this:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=+%229540+5189&btnG=Search

and follow the tips here:

to banish these sacks of shit from your phone permanently. The ACCC and
Telstra won't do bugger all.

Just to start, block these:

* 02 8219 0500
* 02 8303 8320
* 03 8102 9565
* 03 8558 0556
* 03 8558 1441
* 03 8558 1442
* 03 8558 1443
* 03 8558 1444
* 03 8558 1445
* 03 8558 1446
* 03 8558 1447
* 03 9540 2950
* 03 9540 5101
* 03 9540 5189

[Ext User(Gordon Levi)]

lloyd.frombriz@caramail.com wrote:

>"DC Marketing" is calling mobiles, possibly with an illegal dialler
>although that's hard to prove, and hanging up, leaving "missed calls"
>on phones around the country. The phone owner calls to find out who it
>is,
Do many people ring back? I always assume that, if they don't leave a
message and they're not in my phone book, it must have been a wrong
number.

[Ext User(DogFart)]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 03:42:47 GMT, Gordon Levi <gordon@nowhere.net>
wrote:

>Do many people ring back? I always assume that, if they don't leave a
>message and they're not in my phone book, it must have been a wrong
>number.

AS the man once said : "There's a sucker born every minute!"

[Ext User(Earl Gray)]

Gordon Levi wrote:
> lloyd.frombriz@caramail.com wrote:
>
>> "DC Marketing" is calling mobiles, possibly with an illegal dialler
>> although that's hard to prove, and hanging up, leaving "missed calls"
>> on phones around the country. The phone owner calls to find out who it
>> is,
> Do many people ring back? I always assume that, if they don't leave a
> message and they're not in my phone book, it must have been a wrong
> number.

Unless your the only one that hasn't received Spam Email, most (90% of them) are scams.
You would be surprised how many out of 100,000 would actually reply or
place an order. The spam scam business makes ~40 billion a year world wide.
Phone Scams/Telemarketing works on exactly the same principles, somebody
will reply absolutely.

[Ext User(Rod Speed)]

Earl Gray <eg@teatime.com> wrote:
> Gordon Levi wrote:
>> lloyd.frombriz@caramail.com wrote:
>>
>>> "DC Marketing" is calling mobiles, possibly with an illegal dialler
>>> although that's hard to prove, and hanging up, leaving "missed
>>> calls" on phones around the country. The phone owner calls to find
>>> out who it is,
>> Do many people ring back? I always assume that, if they don't leave a
>> message and they're not in my phone book, it must have been a wrong
>> number.

> Unless your the only one that hasn't received Spam Email, most (90%
> of them) are scams. You would be surprised how many out of 100,000
> would actually reply or place an order. The spam scam business makes ~40
> billion a year world wide.

Thats just a number plucked out of someone's arse.

> Phone Scams/Telemarketing works on exactly the same principles,

Nope. With the absolute vast bulk of those
they dont cost you any more than your time.

> somebody will reply absolutely.

[Ext User(Michael)]

those numbers belong to a bunch of different orgs in different cities
sounds like a paranoid fantasy

<lloyd.frombriz@caramail.com> wrote in message
news:1146188156.530351.285010@e56g2000cwe.googlegr oups.com...
> "DC Marketing" is calling mobiles, possibly with an illegal dialler
> although that's hard to prove, and hanging up, leaving "missed calls"
> on phones around the country. The phone owner calls to find out who it
> is, and is told they've "won" a $40 prize, and have to call a 900
> number (apparently at $2.50/min plus connection charges) to get their
> prize claim number. Without having called it I'm not entirely certain
> what happens from there, but knowing how these scams usually operate,
> they have a long message, then put you through to an operator, who puts
> you on hold, so 10 minutes and $25 later, you get to spend another $25
> going through your own details so they can post you the cheap
> fifty-cent plastic kazoo or whatever it is that you "won" that in their
> fantasy land usually retails for $40, and add you to their sucker list
> for future scams (that I'll bet they sell to other scammers). Google
> this:
>
>
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=+%229540+5189&btnG=Search
>
> and follow the tips here:
>
> to banish these sacks of shit from your phone permanently. The ACCC and
> Telstra won't do bugger all.
>
> Just to start, block these:
>
> * 02 8219 0500
> * 02 8303 8320
> * 03 8102 9565
> * 03 8558 0556
> * 03 8558 1441
> * 03 8558 1442
> * 03 8558 1443
> * 03 8558 1444
> * 03 8558 1445
> * 03 8558 1446
> * 03 8558 1447
> * 03 9540 2950
> * 03 9540 5101
> * 03 9540 5189
>