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876 jamacian number constantly ringing me scam

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  • 25-02-2012 12:44pm
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    davgtrek
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭


    Since 8am yesterday morn i have had an (876)445 xxx number ringing me constantly. Up to 10 calls per hours all through night also. if you answer you get a voice male/female sometimes very hard to understand saying fairly stupid stuff "raul where you at" "please ring me back" and i have gotten a few texts with just "WMP12". Have called o2 and they can do little for me as no charges have occurred on my account but its a pain in the ass. I've tried hurling abuse at the callers. The numbers keep changing so its some kind of computer/dialler/ with real people scam.....

    any advise ? what can i do.


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    #2
    wmpdd3
    Registered Users Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    This isnt really a solution, but you can go into 'diverts' in your phone and send those calls straight to voice mail.


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    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    Not a scam, just some people dialing the wrong number.


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    I had something similar, except it would ring once and then hang up. And they would do this several times in a row.

    I presume the idea is to get you to call them back.

    What I did was to pounce the second the phone rang and answer it, so it cost them money. It soon stopped after that. :)


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    davgtrek
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭davgtrek


    It's far from a few people with wrong number. The number keeps changing and it's relentless. About 20 diff numbers all with same prefix used at this stage.
    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    Not a scam, just some people dialing the wrong number.


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    wmpdd3
    Registered Users Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    It has to be an auto dialer.


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    davgtrek
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭davgtrek


    Latest now was that a blocked number came up and it was a woman claiming she got a text on her other phone that said I won a prize etc. I spoke with her for about 30 seconds and laid it out clear to her that I had her tracked down to Kingston and was getting closer to finding the company name eyc. So a few missed calls last night and now some threatening texts from them with everything spelt wrong in them etc.
    I'll see how today goes.
    wmpdd3 wrote: »
    It has to be an auto dialer.


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    vicM
    Registered Users Posts: 459 ✭✭vicM


    Pick up tell them to wait a sec, pop it onto hold and continue watching tv


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    #9
    davgtrek
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭davgtrek


    they have ceased ringing me finally. They were fairly consistent over past 4 days and i got a few fairly abusive texts also. It seems that the scam is to get you to ring them ( thus incurring hefty phone charges of which they get a share ) to give out/tell them to shag off etc. so DON'T!!!!


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    #10
    griffdaddy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,416 ✭✭✭griffdaddy


    I've seen pictures of these kind of Jamaican scam operations before

    coolrunnings_display_image.jpg


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    clintondaly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭clintondaly


    Forward the call to someone you dont like


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