Strange calls to my mobile

martinn123

Hi,

for the past few days I have been getting calls to my mobile, the first few times I answered, no one there, and they hung up after a few seconds.

The number shows as + 25380*****

253 I think is somewhere in Africa,

Now I just do not answer, and it shows as a missed call.

They are calling twice an hour, up to 10pm

is this a scam

thanks

mari2222

sounds like it might be.....why not email your phone company/perhaps they can block the calls:)

foggy_lad

Dialling code +253 is for a country/area called Djibouti

neiphin

YOU MAY HAVE WON THE LOTTERY THERE
OR
THE KING OF WHERE EVER MIGHT WANT YOU TO HELP HIM ( FOR A SMALL RETAINER ) TO GET AN ENTRY VISA

martinn123

neiphin wrote: »

YOU MAY HAVE WON THE LOTTERY THERE
OR
THE KING OF WHERE EVER MIGHT WANT YOU TO HELP HIM ( FOR A SMALL RETAINER ) TO GET AN ENTRY VISA

Yippee. Financial independance at last..........wonder if the King wants to visit the same time as Obama, or Queen of England, I have a spare room

anyway off to tell the boss where to stick his job;)

thehairyelbow

foggy_lad wrote: »

Dialling code +253 is for a country/area called Djibouti

Is that somewhere near Milltown??

aujopimur

I wonder if he's related to that nice Indian man who calls from Microsoft offering to sort out my computer problems

thehairyelbow

martinn123 wrote: »

Yippee. Financial independance at last..........wonder if the King wants to visit the same time as Obama, or Queen of England, I have a spare room

anyway off to tell the boss where to stick his job;)

I don't think a spare room is an adequate arrangement for His Highness.
What would the neighbours think??

slowburner

thehairyelbow wrote: »

Is that somewhere near Milltown??

Obviously you weren't paying attention in geography class - it's near Strokestown.

thehairyelbow

slowburner wrote: »

Obviously you weren't paying attention in geography class - it's near Strokestown.

Jaysus, yer right! Just before the turn off for the airport.

neiphin

thehairyelbow wrote: »

Jaysus, yer right! Just before the turn off for the airport.

STROKESTOWN SH.17
I THINK IS THE CORRECT ADDRESS

sandin

025 380XXX

Its a Cork number.

Micheál Martin want you to be in his front bench!



Can this be moved to afterhours - some of the smartasses there might give us a chuckle.

slowburner

sandin wrote: »

025 380XXX

Its a Cork number.

Micheál Martin want you to be in his front bench!



Can this be moved to afterhours - some of the smartasses there might give us a chuckle.

Ah no - it's much more fun to be subversive and in the wrong thread. It's a bit like giggling in the classroom.

Pawwed Rig

I got these before (from Ghana I think). I used to get a text urgently asking me to call the number followed by a call a minute later that would be hung up as soon as connected giving me a missed call.
AFAIK the scam is that you call back the number which turns out to be premium rate blah blah.

Heard of cases of people who are travelling having their phones stolen and the parents receive a text saying 'I am in trouble, please call me on this number, or alternatively 'Mam/Dad, I am in trouble lodge this much money to Western Union'.

The depths some people goto

Our man in Havana

slowburner

So that's where Cowan ended up?

fryup

how do they manage to get hold of people's mobile ph numbers?????

Our man in Havana

Probably just random number generators. Nothing more scientific.