hello saynoto0870 : how many people have been caught by PREMIUM MOBILE NUMERS with no warning given ? : is it possible that yr website could include in its listings, or in a separate < warnlist >, all known premium mobile nrs ? : I was caught by 0707 9030965.
( signed ) hannibal

070 numbers are not mobile numbers. They are "personal" numbers and are charged at up to 50ppm from a BT landline and mobile providers don't treat them as inclusive.

UK mobile numbers start 075, 077, 078 and 079.

Personal numbers (070) are sometimes used by scammers to give missed calls, particularly to mobile telephones. The 070 number comes up on the victim's caller display and they often call it back thinking it's a mobile number.

Some previous threads on this topic I have found are:

http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1092659458
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1110969987
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1130858992
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1130334886
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1178105295
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1178800450
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1182412124
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1188391522
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1190126969
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1195301571
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1201270489
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1219306595
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1191770314
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1193430920
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1233142149
http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1230941929

many thnx fr yr info - I have warned everyone whom I know, DO NOT USE 070****** !

hannibal

hannibal wrote on Mar 17^th, 2009 at 10:41pm:

many thnx fr yr info - I have warned everyone whom I know, DO NOT USE 070****** ! hannibal

Ofcom had promised to make 070 numbers in to 06 numbers to stop this con from continuing three years ago but as usual they back tracked when a few of their chums at the telcos complained that ending the con might cost them money.

See www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/070options/

NGMsGhost wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 12:53pm:

Ofcom had promised to make 070 numbers in to 06 numbers to stop this con from continuing three years ago but as usual they back tracked when a few of their chums at the telcos complained that ending the con might cost them money.

There is one thing that we can always count on Ofcom for and that is that despite being a so-called independant regulator, they always favour what communication providers like/want moreso than what is good for us general public