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Article #17745Re: how to become a millionaire
From: Ledswinger
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 22:08
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 22:08
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"Craig Cockburn" <craig@SiliconGlen.com> wrote in message news:Flv6R$BWdvY8Ewbl@SiliconGlen.com... > Ann an sgriobhainn <Oir88.3300$H9.875144@news1.cableinet.net>, sgriobh > Ken Johnson <kenneth.johnson@cableinet.co.uk.=NO=SPAM=> > >pounds etc. etc., and at that point, knowing an intended fraud when I hear > >one, I hung up. I dialled 1471 and found, surprise surprise, that the > >origin of the call had been anonymized - why is this legal, for God's sake? > > 14258 will block calls from them in future, even if the number is > withheld. > The number they are calling from is released to the exchange, it's only > withheld from *you*. > And the reason that they do it because most PABX will "quote" the main switchboard number, not the direct line extension. If you ring back, the switchboard operator won't have the foggiest who you are, who you want to speak to or what you're on about (arguably the poor sod at the call centre work station won't either, but that's a separate issue). If they thought that there was the *slightest* chance that you'd ring them back at your expense and convenience, so they could offer to sell you double glazing, don't you think they'd do it? Led
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