Free Morris Marina Camper Van?

[binhoker668]

Just saw this on Nottingham Gumtree, probably too late, but hey - give it a try!

I rang earlier but his phone was off....

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/morri ... n/80296989

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http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=07501324796

[Lankytim]

WTF? Is the guy somehow making money by people ringing the number?

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or someone winding him up by leaving his/her number all over gumtree

[Rusty Pelican]

WTF? Is the guy somehow making money by people ringing the number?

Thats scarily easy to do

[Lankytim]

WTF? Is the guy somehow making money by people ringing the number?

Thats scarily easy to do

 

Do tell!!

[HillmanImp]

WTF? Is the guy somehow making money by people ringing the number?

Thats scarily easy to do

 

Do tell!!

 

I looked into doing this about a decade ago. It was when everyone had started getting mobile phones. It was about £40 a month for a premium rate number and circa £500 IIRC for an automatic dialler. My idea was to simply ring mobiles and hang up. When they rang back to see who it was, ta-da! £50! However I could not bring myself to do it as its just morally out of whack.

 

However to annoy me, I was watching Watchdog about 3 years later and they had details of someone who had done exactly that. They were saying its not illegal (at that time, Its still legal to have a premium rate number AFAIK but probably not an automatic dialler) and that he had made at least 2m out of it. I should have put my morals to one side and pillaged the general public for all I could.

[AeroNautiCal]

The newer version of that scam is that when the victim rings back, they just get a ringing tone of a seemingly unanswered phone...

 

Here's how it operates; The premium rate number is connected to an 'answerphone', but rather than hearing a message, the victim simply hears a ringing tone which has been recorded and left on the 'answerphone', so that the victim holds on, waiting for the phone to be answered.

 

A BBC Radio 4 consumer programme recently had a feature on this, and when the number that called the victim's cell phone is called, the ringing tone is heard, then, after a few seconds, there is a slight hesitation while the 'answerphone' kicks in... With the recording of the ringing tone.

 

The clue is that when the victim's cell phone is called, there will only be one audible ring tone before the call is disconnected, certainly not enough time for it to be answered.

[Station]

Or maybe he's having a clear out? Where is he based exactly?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Easyjet and Ryanair employ these phone scams as their main source of income, they must do OK out of it to be able to afford to buy loads of aeroplanes and fly them around for fun.