Telephone Scam Numbers - 08719 10 10 10

Just a brief entry today to help warn people to be on their guard against phone calls from the above number (08719101001). The scam works like this. That number will ring your mobile and hang up as soon as you pick up the line. They don't withhold the number as the idea is that you will call them back on that number. If you ring them back (which I didn't) you will hear a message "You have one new message". 0871 is called a special rate number which and can cost anything from 6p a minute to 10p a minute, with no peak or off peak times. The owner of the numbers can make up to 6p per minute from your calls.