Press 9. phone scam....

[oscardoodles]

I keep getting automated calls saying "you've won a holiday,press 9 for more info".....apparently if you do press 9, you get put through to an extotionate premium line and get fleeced.......don't press 9 people.

[factor-fiction]

I'd be surprised if a charge would result just from pressing 9. Have you got a link to anything on the web?

[factor-fiction]

There's a link to here to details of a related hoax
http://www.hoax-slaye...-phone-rate-hoax.html

[ChuckFickens]

whilst the calls are undoubtedly a scam in the long run, pressing 9 will not put you through to a premium rate number, that warning is a hoax.

[Fibonacci]

appears not to be true and an urban myth

http://it.vibe.co.uk/...e-scam-is-urban-myth/

http://www.theregiste..._9_scam_snares_wilts/

[ferferksake]

The pressing "9" just tells them there is a human being on the other end of the line and they have a real number, then the calls will keep on coming and coming and coming.

[TWR]

If I ring you tonight & said to you, if you send me £30 for a holiday you do not even know about would you believe me? we get them all the time Oscardoodles, put the phone down they will get the message.

[boxtops]

You can't win a holiday if you haven't gone in for a competition, it's a scam.