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Call connection services: A 39-minute phone call to cost me £119 (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 1 year ago by merridew to c/personalfinanceuk
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[–] fakeman_pretendname 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

What are these "Call Connection Services" actually offering? Like what's their official reason for existing as a business?

"We give people fake phone numbers to trick them into paying us money on free calls" doesn't sound like a legit business plan.

[–] GiveOver 3 points 1 year ago

Back in the day it made sense, before internet existed. You'd call a number and say "connect me to HMRC". Now it's just a leftover

[–] Blackmist 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but there's no law against it yet, so here we are. Chancers gonna chance.