070x numbers are widely used in the uk as personal numbers that have no physical presentation but can be set to deliver to any UK fixed or mobile destination. They are not true premium rate numbers but do tend to cost £0.45 per minute to call. There is a revenue share element to the inbound call charges but these cannot be paid to the user of the number but can be collected by the numbers provider and as such providers tend to issue the numbers free of charge to generate revenue.
Fadge -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Beckman Sent: 03 May 2007 16:34 To: [email protected] Subject: [asterisk-biz] 44-70x Numbers: Block? Evil? This weekend a bunch of people with fraudulent credit cards hit my business and set up a bunch of forwarding to +44 70x numbers. Not having done much work in the UK yet, I didn't know what these were until I read this: http://www.joewein.de/sw/419-phone-uk.htm#phone-uk "Most "419" scams using +44 70xx numbers involve emails that are sent from Nigeria and other West African countries, not from the UK! If you see a +44 70xx number in a 419 scam email it usually means you're dealing with criminals based in Nigeria." When I tried it in Skype, skype also blocked the 44 70x number. Do most ITSPs block +44 70x? Are there other numbers like this that should be blocked? Is it only ITSPs that block it, where traditional telephony companies are simply more than happy to connect your call? Are ITSPs here to provide dial-tone and connectivity regardless of how good or bad the call might be? Beckman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beckman Internet Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.purplecow.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
