Phone calls at night from Slovenian number wtf?

ilovesleep

My sister got a call from the same number too.

cantdecide

bbsrs wrote: »

Numbers are all 087 6xxxxxx apart from that not sequential or anything.

I'm Vodafone 087656**** and I got my call Sun. morning at 3.20am. Phone was on silent so saw the missed call yesterday morning and in my sleep daze thought it was a +35386. Thankfully I never call unknown numbers back.

Allyall

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0128/breaking21.html

The communications watchdog has moved swiftly to ensure that those behind a scam which targeted tens of thousands of Irish mobile phone users over the weekend do not get paid.

Throughout Saturday night and Sunday morning thousands of people received missed calls from a number which started with the prefix 386. Many called the number back under the assumption that it came from an Irish 086 number – which would appear on a mobile phone as 35386.
 However they were then connected to a premium rate service based in Slovenia and while some had their calls cut off as soon as a connection was made, others were diverted to telephone sex lines.



The communications regulator ComReg was unable to say how much the connection charges were or how much money the scam cost Irish consumers but the connection charge is believed to have been in excess of €2 while similar charges for each additional minute callers spent on the line.



Irish consumers are, however, likely be reimbursed by their providers for any charges incurred after ComReg stepped in to ensure the company behind the calls would not get paid. “If those responsible do not get paid by their provider then the Irish networks will not have to pay any money and consumers will have all call charges reimbursed” an industry source told The Irish Times.

ThreeLineWhip

I still fail to see how it is a premium number.

keith16

ThreeLineWhip wrote: »

I still fail to see how it is a premium number.

Ring them back there and they will explain it to you. It's fairly complex so you might be on to them for a while.

danslevent

I get calls off Romanion numbers a lot.

I'm sooo popular.

homerjay2005

homerjay2005 wrote: »

my sister, her husband, my mother and father all got this last night. all of them are vodafone.

wonder have their accounts been hacked?

We got one last week on our landline, which is Vodafone! Hmmm
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/watchdog-squashes-mobile-phone-scam-3369073.html

Lionel Messy

It sounds like a good idea for a horror movie.

"Lake Bled"

Annasopra

Has anyone received a missed call from a 001800 number. Received one today

shopaholic01

mango salsa wrote: »

Has anyone received a missed call from a 001800 number. Received one today

I get a lot of these on my landline, they usually call when I'm at work. Managed to answer it once and the call disconnected.

I've never tried to call back as I don't recognise the number.

Sean55

Bumping this topic because it's still a current issue. Calls from a number beginning 001800… are still coming. We got one on landline today—001800718899—I answered and it disconnected after a few seconds) and my partner has had several recently on her mobile (she didn't answer any). Anybody any idea what this is about?

cadete

Sean55 wrote: »

Bumping this topic because it's still a current issue. Calls from a number beginning 001800… are still coming. We got one on landline today—001800718899—I answered and it disconnected after a few seconds) and my partner has had several recently on her mobile (she didn't answer any). Anybody any idea what this is about?

we have exactly the same call, our number is x directory and get the call maybe 3 times a week

bheart65

Sean55 wrote: »

Bumping this topic because it's still a current issue. Calls from a number beginning 001800… are still coming. We got one on landline today—001800718899—I answered and it disconnected after a few seconds) and my partner has had several recently on her mobile (she didn't answer any). Anybody any idea what this is about?

Beware of this number, usually scam callers re infected computers, problem with your visa card etc. Here's a link to other people reporting it - http://001800718899.whocallsme.org/001800718899-530159

dashcamdanny

got 5 calls from the same number today on my landline

001800718899

I dont get why they hang up straight away.

tupenny

I'm getting weird group texts on WhatsApp, group admin is +1 (904) 990-9167.
Anyone else getting this or know wtf its about?!

Micky Dolenz

Must be something in the air. Won a galaxy s6 this morning via Viber in a competition I never entered. Lucky or wha.

Collie D

tupenny wrote: »

I'm getting weird group texts on WhatsApp, group admin is +1 (904) 990-9167.
Anyone else getting this or know wtf its about?!

I got that today on Whatsapp. Deleted it so can't be certain of number but looks similar. Conversation called "Extra income" or something.

I was removed from conversation before I even noticed I had been added but could also see other numbers that were removed. Looks like they just added them sequentially as they were all similar enough numbers to my own bar the last three or four digits. At least that tells me they were just adding numbers at random rather than them having any details

omerin

I got a similar text a few weeks ago and was almost immediately withdrawn from the group. It was +086 13652247637. Make 550 Eur was the message and a link to view a video. There were a number of Vodafone numbers similar to mine of the message. Bastards better not ring me