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Re: "Press 9" Telephone Scam? Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:06:24 +0000

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:44:27 -0000, "Lavabread"
wrote:

>>>I phoned BT later to complain about what I had been able to overhear, and
>>>was told that by preesing 9, I would now incur a charge for the call.
>>>After
>>>telling the dork that I would not pay for any charges incurred by someone
>>>calling me, he finally announced there was nothing he could do for me.
>>
>> Are you sure that it was BT you got through to? Did the "BT" employee
>> ask for your CC details?
>
>Yes, it was definately BT, and no, he didn't ask for my CC details. He said
>the charge would appear on my bill.
>
>> More to the point perhaps - did the call ever show up on your bill?
>
>Funnily enough...no.

So a case of even the BT employee being taken in by an urban myth.

--
Cynic

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