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Telephony phishing?

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by ozi eagle

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Hi,
I hace had a couple of phone calls recently, and when I answer I get a message along the lines of "I am sorry to disturb you this call was meant for an answering machine".

Has anyone any idea what this is?

Thanks

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by bfilmfan

Yes, it is an attempt to get around the Do Not Call List. They can call and leave a message for an answering machine.

by gary

I would think it was a way of getting to reuse your dial tone, like this I call you (hook flash) and use your conference feature while on an inbound call and redial to another location may be abroad? I have never heard of being able to call on the DO Not call list and leave a message.

by ozi eagle

Thanks.
A bit of a worry that its possible to dial into my phone and thenuse it to dila out.
I've started a discussion thread on this, which may elicit more replies with ideas on stopping it happening

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