(keitai-l) Re: interesting scam

From: Jason Pollard <jasonpollard_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 11/30/01
Message-ID: <20011130171234.52179.qmail@web14603.mail.yahoo.com>
How can it cost so much to connect to a 03* number?  They're Tokyo local,
right?  Not on Mars I assume.  Does the party on the other end have some method
to decide how much you the caller have to pay to connect?  Seems like the
providers are partly to blame in this scam.  Nobody's actually having to pay
that amount, I hope.  If I had an i-mode phone, I'd call each number in the
list, several times, just to see how high I could rack up the charges...Storm
into the office with a million yen phone bill...start raising some serious
gaijin hell....


--Jason


--- Marc Printz <Marc.Printz@724.com> wrote:
> I think its more an interesting hoax actually.
> A hoax following precisely the same pattern went around in Germany last
> month or so.
> Different phone numbers though :-)
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas O'Dowd [mailto:tom@nooper.com]
> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 3:28 PM
> > To: Keitai List
> > Subject: (keitai-l) interesting scam
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > We were talking about spam email before and then got onto the subject
> > of cases where you're phone would ring once and when you'd call the 
> > number back, you'd get a message. Well, it seems to be becoming a bit
> > of a problem... 100,000 yen ouch!
> > 
> > > Problem: Extremely high charge (reportedly approx. JPY 100,000 per
> > >          call) which is very difficult to recover.
> > >
> > > Description: You receive a call from one of the numbers on 
> > the list (a
> > > number is displayed upon receipt) which hangs up on the 
> > first ring or right
> > > after you pick up the call, leaving an entry in " Received 
> > Record ". Calling
> > > back to this number, intentionally or inadvertently, even 
> > for a fraction of
> > > time imposes a large amount of usage charge on your bill 
> > (Once connected,
> > > you will hear a tape-recorded voice message).
> > > 
> > > Numbers identified as part of this scam:
> > > 
> > > 03-3227-2828    03-3984-6761    03-5724-2929
> > > 03-3280-7660    03-5340-8877    052-733-1288
> > > 03-3355-7550    03-5340-9330    052-733-1551
> > > 03-3444-6555    03-5340-9381    052-733-8488
> > > 03-3444-6710    03-5340-9382    052-735-7300
> > > 03-3446-0990    03-5348-4441    0534-27-3172
> > > 03-3446-4567    03-5391-7600    06-4968-3114
> > > 03-3448-4760    03-5420-4466    06-6300-0702
> > > 03-3551-4330    03-5423-2570    06-6301-1999
> > > 03-3793-7552    03-5679-7844    06-6301-7778
> > > 03-3851-4141    03-5679-7848
> > > 
> > > *More numbers may exist
> > > 
> > > Resolution: Ignore calls from any of the numbers listed 
> > above and DO NOT
> > >             call back. Best practice is never to call a 
> > number that you
> > >             do not know.
> > > 
> > > Status: The problem has been confirmed, but yet to be 
> > officially recognized
> > > by mobile phone providers and is currently under investigation.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Thomas O'Dowd. - Nooping - http://nooper.com
> > tom_at_nooper.com - Testing - http://nooper.co.jp/labs
> > 
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Received on Fri Nov 30 19:17:45 2001