Scammer McScam Scam Warning

[The Moose]

I'm selling a couple of old, but good condition sofas on eBay and Gumtree at the moment and keep having people message me asking me to call. All initially seems genuine enough as I don't list my phone number on these adverts, however when you look, it's a premium rate number and costs a fortune to call.

"this is normal old practice" you may say, however they are giving me premium rate numbers starting 070 that look like mobile numbers.

[Spare tyre]

Out of curiosity how do you know they are premium

[The Moose]

I believe 070 numbers are!

[marshalla]

070 are not true premium rate numbers, they're non-geographic and typically used to avoid having to give out a real phone number in order to preserve privacy, or make use of a virtual switchboard/ring pool service. Some of them are more expensive to call, but nowhere near the charges for true premium rate.

http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/for-consumers/what-...

[The Moose]

marshalla said:

070 are not true premium rate numbers, they're non-geographic and typically used to avoid having to give out a real phone number in order to preserve privacy, or make use of a virtual switchboard/ring pool service. Some of them are more expensive to call, but nowhere near the charges for true premium rate.

http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/for-consumers/what-...

£1.50 per min isn't ideal though, is it?!

[DannyScene]

Put your number on the advert.

Sorted.

[RizzoTheRat]

Get a cheap PAYG mobile. My Mrs did this years ago when selling a car and now uses it for anything she's selling on e-bay, the rest of the time stays switched off.