Strange Calls on T-Mobile

Ben1900 · 03-01-2005, 00:40

since i bought my new T-Mobile Sharp TM100 on 28/12/04, i've had 2 calls from a Withheld number, once the other night (cant remember time or date) and the latest one: 00:32 on 03/01/05

since i dont answer withheld calls, i dont know who it is but if it does it again, i will answer because i want to know just who the hell it is on the other end

once is enough, but 00:32??? that's takin the ****!

at first i thought it was either T-Mobile themselves (as O2 call their customers using "Withheld" numbers) or some company trying to sell me something, but since the latest one is after midnight, that narrows it down to being someone i know... or someone dialling the wrong number using a withheld number to call from...

paulsanderson · 06-01-2005, 00:16

the last two occasions i bought t mobile phones, the same thing happened. the first time was just after i activated the sim card.. i had a phone call. i answered it and got just silence... when i put the phone down, a message came on my phone telling me that i had 60 pence taken off my account...

the second time was after a couple of days, same thing happened. and 50 pence was taken out.... t mobile deined all knowlege of it.... so who had the money..... you cannott be charged for recieving calls, unless they are from abroad....
i am certain it was t mobile.....

petewire · 06-01-2005, 01:25

hmm i seem to be havin these sort of problems i bought my fone back in december 04 and since i have had calls off people i dont even know from a nightclub called montague askin me if im availble for dj work! i dont live anywhere near london nor do i know these people. i rang t-mobile about this because i had trouble gettin a signal when i first set up the fone and they told me its a cancelled contract 2 times over and a stolen handset i bought this fone from the link brand new ffs. they had to switch it to payg thats wot i bought the fone for its a lg c2200 flip fone with camera on it. do you think i should demand a new number off t-mobile its gettin a bit rediciouls now. sorry for the spelling im not very literate.

Ben1900 · 06-01-2005, 02:03

since the withheld call on 03/01/05, there has been no more of them... although i didn't get a message after telling me my balance....

i dont know who the first call was, but i think i know who the second one was

Widdy · 06-01-2005, 08:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by petewire

hmm i seem to be havin these sort of problems i bought my fone back in december 04 and since i have had calls off people i dont even know from a nightclub called montague askin me if im availble for dj work! i dont live anywhere near london nor do i know these people. i rang t-mobile about this because i had trouble gettin a signal when i first set up the fone and they told me its a cancelled contract 2 times over and a stolen handset i bought this fone from the link brand new ffs. they had to switch it to payg thats wot i bought the fone for its a lg c2200 flip fone with camera on it. do you think i should demand a new number off t-mobile its gettin a bit rediciouls now. sorry for the spelling im not very literate.

You can ask T-Mobile if they would change the number saying you are getting calls for the previous owner even in the early hours of the morning.

If you phone all guns blazing then they are very unlikely to help.

Uri Gellar · 06-01-2005, 09:34

To me I think this is another scam I saw something like this from The Bill while back. Way to make money from your mobile phone if you phone up the police or something. Girl borrow your phone and she then dials out some how steal your credits to their mobile phone.

Steven L Hunter · 06-01-2005, 12:23

T-Mobile re-use their numbers too often as I was trying to phone a friends phone and I never realised it was his old one and I got the message that you get before a sim cards activated "we are not able to connect your call please redial" and not the incorrect number message or anything.

Widdy · 06-01-2005, 17:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevenGray16

T-Mobile re-use their numbers too often as I was trying to phone a friends phone and I never realised it was his old one and I got the message that you get before a sim cards activated "we are not able to connect your call please redial" and not the incorrect number message or anything.

All mobile phone and land line providers do the same!
My friend got a number that used to be an extra line to the doctors, I cannot tell you how many people have tried to order a repeat prescription from him

Steven L Hunter · 06-01-2005, 23:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon Widdop

All mobile phone and land line providers do the same!
My friend got a number that used to be an extra line to the doctors, I cannot tell you how many people have tried to order a repeat prescription from him

But some networks take a good few years like Virgin for example they just get new numbers like just now they have 07913 and before that they used 07910 and 07981 but you never see them re-using the 07906,07905,07952,07941 or 07963 numbers again on Virgin

Ben1900 · 07-01-2005, 18:20

right, the withheld number thing has stopped, now i'm gettin' calls and texts from an 07947 number (definately T-Mobile or Virgin), they keep asking me to guess who they are and it's doing my head in

should i report it to T-Mobile?

Steven L Hunter · 07-01-2005, 19:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben1900

right, the withheld number thing has stopped, now i'm gettin' calls and texts from an 07947 number (definately T-Mobile or Virgin), they keep asking me to guess who they are and it's doing my head in

should i report it to T-Mobile?

07947 is a T-Mobile number, yes report it! Out of interest what does your number start like?

Ben1900 · 07-01-2005, 19:07

mine starts with 07939

Steven L Hunter · 07-01-2005, 19:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben1900

mine starts with 07939

I think that was an old one2one number but it could have been used on T-Mobile before after the takeover even possibly just last year it could have been someone elses number.

My T-Mobile numbers i have start 07903, 07958 & 07957 and i don't have any problems with them at all like this i would phone them up after all it will only cost 25p/call.

Ben1900 · 09-01-2005, 02:06

someone else has just tried to phone me (shortly before posting), from an 07949 number? what the hell is this?

Steven L Hunter · 09-01-2005, 14:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben1900

someone else has just tried to phone me (shortly before posting), from an 07949 number? what the hell is this?

Another T-Mobile number if I were you I would seriously consider phoning up T-Mobile to sort this problem.

Ben1900 · 09-01-2005, 14:10

but read this, posted on another forum outside of DS:

Quote:

Ive had this before and mobile telephone companies dont really care about it... They wont block the number and they wont let you report it so they dont have to take action against it... In the end I had my number changed (free of charge)

*below is from a post by me on the same forum*

Quote:

i'm not changing number again, i've had enough number changes (thanks to Three), i dont need another new one!

Ben1900 · 09-01-2005, 14:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevenGray16

Another T-Mobile number if I were you I would seriously consider phoning up T-Mobile to sort this problem.

how can i phone them up? i'm waiting for them to register the phone in my name and set my CS password up....

Steven L Hunter · 09-01-2005, 14:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben1900

how can i phone them up? i'm waiting for them to register the phone in my name and set my CS password up....

Did they not do that straight away over the phone?

Ben1900 · 09-01-2005, 14:18

i did it via the website, they sent me an email saying its being processed...

Steven L Hunter · 09-01-2005, 14:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben1900

i did it via the website, they sent me an email saying its being processed...

Oh right how long ago was this?

Ben1900 · 09-01-2005, 14:39

thursday or friday of last week... (i think)

Steven L Hunter · 09-01-2005, 14:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben1900

thursday or friday of last week... (i think)

It should be registered by now shouldn't it?

Ben1900 · 13-01-2005, 13:51

i just found out i cannot use My T-Mobile anymore, it says "your access to My T-Mobile is locked, please call customer services on 150" ( EDIT: working now

)

oh and i had another withheld call this morning

EDIT: i'm not sure if it's registered now, haven't heard from them at all

Steven L Hunter · 13-01-2005, 15:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben1900

i just found out i cannot use My T-Mobile anymore, it says "your access to My T-Mobile is locked, please call customer services on 150" ( EDIT: working now

)

oh and i had another withheld call this morning

EDIT: i'm not sure if it's registered now, haven't heard from them at all

I think it should be registered by now.

Ben1900 · 13-01-2005, 15:12

but on the website when i log into My T-Mobile, it says: "07939xxxxxx we are unable to access that account, please call customer services on 150"

03-01-2005, 00:40	#1
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	Strange Calls on T-Mobile since i bought my new T-Mobile Sharp TM100 on 28/12/04, i've had 2 calls from a Withheld number, once the other night (cant remember time or date) and the latest one: 00:32 on 03/01/05 since i dont answer withheld calls, i dont know who it is but if it does it again, i will answer because i want to know just who the hell it is on the other end once is enough, but 00:32??? that's takin the ****! at first i thought it was either T-Mobile themselves (as O2 call their customers using "Withheld" numbers) or some company trying to sell me something, but since the latest one is after midnight, that narrows it down to being someone i know... or someone dialling the wrong number using a withheld number to call from...

06-01-2005, 00:16	#2
paulsanderson Banned User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cheshire. north west Posts: 2,773	the last two occasions i bought t mobile phones, the same thing happened. the first time was just after i activated the sim card.. i had a phone call. i answered it and got just silence... when i put the phone down, a message came on my phone telling me that i had 60 pence taken off my account... the second time was after a couple of days, same thing happened. and 50 pence was taken out.... t mobile deined all knowlege of it.... so who had the money..... you cannott be charged for recieving calls, unless they are from abroad.... i am certain it was t mobile.....

06-01-2005, 01:25	#3
petewire Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Warrington,Cheshire Posts: 445	hmm i seem to be havin these sort of problems i bought my fone back in december 04 and since i have had calls off people i dont even know from a nightclub called montague askin me if im availble for dj work! i dont live anywhere near london nor do i know these people. i rang t-mobile about this because i had trouble gettin a signal when i first set up the fone and they told me its a cancelled contract 2 times over and a stolen handset i bought this fone from the link brand new ffs. they had to switch it to payg thats wot i bought the fone for its a lg c2200 flip fone with camera on it. do you think i should demand a new number off t-mobile its gettin a bit rediciouls now. sorry for the spelling im not very literate.

06-01-2005, 02:03	#4
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	since the withheld call on 03/01/05, there has been no more of them... although i didn't get a message after telling me my balance.... i dont know who the first call was, but i think i know who the second one was

06-01-2005, 08:38	#5
Widdy Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,955	Quote: Originally Posted by petewire hmm i seem to be havin these sort of problems i bought my fone back in december 04 and since i have had calls off people i dont even know from a nightclub called montague askin me if im availble for dj work! i dont live anywhere near london nor do i know these people. i rang t-mobile about this because i had trouble gettin a signal when i first set up the fone and they told me its a cancelled contract 2 times over and a stolen handset i bought this fone from the link brand new ffs. they had to switch it to payg thats wot i bought the fone for its a lg c2200 flip fone with camera on it. do you think i should demand a new number off t-mobile its gettin a bit rediciouls now. sorry for the spelling im not very literate. You can ask T-Mobile if they would change the number saying you are getting calls for the previous owner even in the early hours of the morning. If you phone all guns blazing then they are very unlikely to help.

06-01-2005, 09:34	#6
Uri Gellar Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Warwickshire, Kenilworth Posts: 1,870	To me I think this is another scam I saw something like this from The Bill while back. Way to make money from your mobile phone if you phone up the police or something. Girl borrow your phone and she then dials out some how steal your credits to their mobile phone.

06-01-2005, 12:23	#7
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	T-Mobile re-use their numbers too often as I was trying to phone a friends phone and I never realised it was his old one and I got the message that you get before a sim cards activated "we are not able to connect your call please redial" and not the incorrect number message or anything.

06-01-2005, 17:26	#8
Widdy Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,955	Quote: Originally Posted by StevenGray16 T-Mobile re-use their numbers too often as I was trying to phone a friends phone and I never realised it was his old one and I got the message that you get before a sim cards activated "we are not able to connect your call please redial" and not the incorrect number message or anything. All mobile phone and land line providers do the same! My friend got a number that used to be an extra line to the doctors, I cannot tell you how many people have tried to order a repeat prescription from him

06-01-2005, 23:44	#9
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Simon Widdop All mobile phone and land line providers do the same! My friend got a number that used to be an extra line to the doctors, I cannot tell you how many people have tried to order a repeat prescription from him But some networks take a good few years like Virgin for example they just get new numbers like just now they have 07913 and before that they used 07910 and 07981 but you never see them re-using the 07906,07905,07952,07941 or 07963 numbers again on Virgin

07-01-2005, 18:20	#10
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	right, the withheld number thing has stopped, now i'm gettin' calls and texts from an 07947 number (definately T-Mobile or Virgin), they keep asking me to guess who they are and it's doing my head in should i report it to T-Mobile?

07-01-2005, 19:02	#11
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 right, the withheld number thing has stopped, now i'm gettin' calls and texts from an 07947 number (definately T-Mobile or Virgin), they keep asking me to guess who they are and it's doing my head in should i report it to T-Mobile? 07947 is a T-Mobile number, yes report it! Out of interest what does your number start like?

07-01-2005, 19:07	#12
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	mine starts with 07939

07-01-2005, 19:11	#13
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 mine starts with 07939 I think that was an old one2one number but it could have been used on T-Mobile before after the takeover even possibly just last year it could have been someone elses number. My T-Mobile numbers i have start 07903, 07958 & 07957 and i don't have any problems with them at all like this i would phone them up after all it will only cost 25p/call.

09-01-2005, 02:06	#14
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	someone else has just tried to phone me (shortly before posting), from an 07949 number? what the hell is this?

09-01-2005, 14:04	#15
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 someone else has just tried to phone me (shortly before posting), from an 07949 number? what the hell is this? Another T-Mobile number if I were you I would seriously consider phoning up T-Mobile to sort this problem.

09-01-2005, 14:10	#16
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	but read this, posted on another forum outside of DS: Quote: Ive had this before and mobile telephone companies dont really care about it... They wont block the number and they wont let you report it so they dont have to take action against it... In the end I had my number changed (free of charge) below is from a post by me on the same forum Quote: i'm not changing number again, i've had enough number changes (thanks to Three), i dont need another new one!

09-01-2005, 14:12	#17
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	Quote: Originally Posted by StevenGray16 Another T-Mobile number if I were you I would seriously consider phoning up T-Mobile to sort this problem. how can i phone them up? i'm waiting for them to register the phone in my name and set my CS password up....

09-01-2005, 14:17	#18
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 how can i phone them up? i'm waiting for them to register the phone in my name and set my CS password up.... Did they not do that straight away over the phone?

09-01-2005, 14:18	#19
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	i did it via the website, they sent me an email saying its being processed...

09-01-2005, 14:21	#20
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 i did it via the website, they sent me an email saying its being processed... Oh right how long ago was this?

09-01-2005, 14:39	#21
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	thursday or friday of last week... (i think)

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09-01-2005, 14:47	#22
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 thursday or friday of last week... (i think) It should be registered by now shouldn't it?

13-01-2005, 13:51	#23
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	i just found out i cannot use My T-Mobile anymore, it says "your access to My T-Mobile is locked, please call customer services on 150" ( EDIT: working now ) oh and i had another withheld call this morning EDIT: i'm not sure if it's registered now, haven't heard from them at all

13-01-2005, 15:03	#24
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben1900 i just found out i cannot use My T-Mobile anymore, it says "your access to My T-Mobile is locked, please call customer services on 150" ( EDIT: working now ) oh and i had another withheld call this morning EDIT: i'm not sure if it's registered now, haven't heard from them at all I think it should be registered by now.

13-01-2005, 15:12	#25
Ben1900 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,360	but on the website when i log into My T-Mobile, it says: "07939xxxxxx we are unable to access that account, please call customer services on 150"