BT TELEPHONE SCAM

Please copy and paste this to your facebook and tell as many people as you can to stop these bastards.

Received a phone call from BT, informing me that he was disconnecting me because of an unpaid bill.. He demanded payment immediately of £31.00 or it would be £ 118.00 to re-connect at a later date. The guy wasn't even fazed when I told him I was with Virgin Media, allegedly VM have to pay BT a percentage
for line rental! I asked the guy's name - he gave me the very 'English' John Peacock with a very 'African' accent - & phone number -0800 0800 152. Obviously the fellow realized I didn't believe his story, so offered to demonstrate that he was from BT. I asked how & he told me to hang up & try phoning someone - he would disconnect my phone to prevent this. AND HE DID !! My phone
was dead - no engaged tone, nothing - until he phoned me again. Very pleased with himself, he asked if that was enough proof that he was with BT. I asked how the payment was to be made & he said...credit card, there & then. I said that I didn't know how he'd d...one it, bu
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had absolutely no intention of paying him, I didn't believe his name or that he worked for BT. He hung up. I dialed 1471 -number withheld I phoned his fictitious 0800 number - not recognized. So I phoned the police to let them know. I wasn't the first! It's only just started apparently, but it is escalating. Their advice was to let as many people as possible know of this scam. The fact that the phone does go off would probably convince some people it's real, so please make as many friends & family aware of this. How is it done? This is good but not that clever. He gave the wrong number - it should have been 0800 800 152 which takes you through to BT Business. The cutting off of the line is very simple, he stays on the line with the mute button on and you can't dial out - but he can hear you trying. (This is because the person who initiates a call is the one to terminate it). When you stop trying he cuts off and immediately calls back. You could almost be convinced! The sad thing is that it is so simple that it will certainly fool many. By the way this is not about getting the cash as this would not get past merchant services - it is all about getting the credit card details which include the security number, to be used for larger purchases. **Please Copy And Paste just copied from some one else.

I read the same message about 2 years ago whilst I was still living in the uk. It can't still be happening, surely?!?

If you send me your account number pin and mothers maiden name I will stop this from happening to you

If you send me your account number pin and mothers maiden name I will stop this from happening to you

You are too kind

If you send me your account number pin and mothers maiden name I will stop this from happening to you

will you need my security number aswell?

If you ring someone and tell them to hang up, but you don't hang up, when they pick the phone back up the line is still active. So that's all he did was put your call on hold. The person making the call holds the line. It does this so that if you want to hang up and take the call on another extension then you can. Simples. Not many people though are aware of this "normal" feature and it is easy to convince someone that they've killed your line. If they don't hang up though it wil time out after a while and you will be able to call out.

If you ring someone and tell them to hang up, but you don't hang up, when they pick the phone back up the line is still active. So that's all he did was put your call on hold. The person making the call holds the line. It does this so that if you want to hang up and take the call on another extension then you can. Simples. Not many people though are aware of this "normal" feature and it is easy to convince someone that they've killed your line. If they don't hang up though it wil time out after a while and you will be able to call out.

you didnt read his whole post then, where he explained that

If you ring someone and tell them to hang up, but you don't hang up, when they pick the phone back up the line is still active. So that's all he did was put your call on hold. The person making the call holds the line. It does this so that if you want to hang up and take the call on another extension then you can. Simples. Not many people though are aware of this "normal" feature and it is easy to convince someone that they've killed your line. If they don't hang up though it wil time out after a while and you will be able to call out.

you didnt read his whole post then, where he explained that

I just highlighted the first line of his text, copied and pasted it into Google and the first result was....you guessed it

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bt-unpaid-bi ... scam.shtml

People should trust the power of Google...

I haven't even read the article, I'm satisfied it's on the Hoax Slayer website...good enough for me.

If you ring someone and tell them to hang up, but you don't hang up, when they pick the phone back up the line is still active. So that's all he did was put your call on hold. The person making the call holds the line. It does this so that if you want to hang up and take the call on another extension then you can. Simples. Not many people though are aware of this "normal" feature and it is easy to convince someone that they've killed your line. If they don't hang up though it wil time out after a while and you will be able to call out.

you didnt read his whole post then, where he explained that

Nah... I never read things tidy.

Did he want payment in Ugandan Dollars!?

Are people still falling for five year old scams

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/btscam.asp Hoax, just a poxy chain mail message