[access-uk] Re: Scams was:pass this on to anyone you know.
- From: "Barry Hill" <barry.hill3@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 12:54:07 +0100
I think there is a facility on BT lines, which most of the other companies
rent, where if you hang up for more than a minute, the caller will be
disconnected. It was for occasions when people accidentally ring you and
were, before this facility, keeping the line busy, which necessitated a call
to BT engineers to disconnect the call.
So, if it happens, hang up for a few minutes, make a cuppa, then check the
line. Well, with these scammers, just hang up and leave it, but if it's a
genuine accidental call, like my girlfriend does with her mobile in her
bag...
Cheers
Barry
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Gordon Keen
Sent: 10 May 2012 8:55 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Scams was:pass this on to anyone you know.
It's very simple the originator of the call has control of the line until
they hang up, therefore he never hung up thus busying your line. If you
have more than one telephone handset in your house you can test this
yourself, just ask a friend to call you and when you answer tell them to
hang on. Put your handset down and go to the other handset in your house,
pick up and your friend will still be on the line.
This is nothing new it has been this way ever since I can remember and I'm
quite old!
Regards
G
From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England.
On 10 May 2012, at 06:47, william lomas wrote:
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Ian McNamara <ianandriggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: pass this on to anyone you know.
>>
>> 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 dis-connect my phone to prevent
>> this. AND HE DID !!
>>
>> My phone was dead - no engaged tone, nothing - until he phoned me again.
>>
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