Phone bill question..

Kris · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

On our phone bill recently we had a 090.. number which was some premium £1 a minute rate thingy. This was recorded as a 20 minute phone call at a cost of £20 Shocked

None of us have used this number so we asked the telephone company about it and they said it could be some internet site charging us premium rate costs without us knowing.

(My flatmate has a laptop and dial-up modem and pays Telewest by the minute)

My question is....is it possible for an internet site to charge premium rates like this? Our usual internet bill shows the same 0845 ... etc number all the time, surely all internet connection charges would be through this?
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Hex · Party Boy Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

It could be one of them adult sites which puts a program on your computer that you then connect to their server using one of these premium lines.

It does mean your flat mate would have to disconnect and connect through their program though.

Thats the only think I can think off.
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R1stu · Shrek! Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Karma :

Yes, I had the same problem! My house mate ran my phone bill up to over £200 by looking at porn on my PC!! and I still havent got any money backfrom him!

he owes me £500 towards the phone & TV and also loads money for rent! Evil or Very Mad

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Cheza · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Karma :

I used to work for Telewest and we got this all the time. When you get onto one of these sites they don't bother telling you that they're charging premium rates. They're right rip off merchants!
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James · Spanner Monkey Joined: 25 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hmmnn. A friend of mine had this problem at his house. Despite all his promises to the contrary it turned out to be his little brother who had rung the line, presumably to bang one out Laughing

Its possible someone has rung the line but is lieing to cover it up. Either hire Poirot or steal a lie detector Laughing

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zaknafien · Joined: 25 Mar 2002 Karma :

Stop looking at crap porn on dodgy sites if you dont want to pay the phone bill?
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

I'd ask Korn Wink

McJamweasel · BCF Junkie Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Karma :

I had this in my student house as well.

Some of the very dodgy sites actually close your connection and dial their own number.
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Our neighbours son got caught out with this one. Dodgy sites downloading dialers which use alternative connection numbers with an extortionate rate.

Might be worth trying to get these numbers blocked.

All the best

Keith
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Oh yes, that is fun to get him with. If we feal really cruel we dig out some of the sites he has visited, or look through the cache.

All the best

Keith
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