Orange Missed Call alerts

Soruk

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Jan 31, 2006, 3:48:00 PM1/31/06

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Yesterday and today, I've been getting spammed by (what appear to be)
Orange's Missed Call alerts.

Only thing is, my phone never rang for any of them despite being in
coverage (and having a working GPRS session).

Trying to work out WTF is going on, I'm guessing it's one of the
following:

1) Routing issues causing those calls to go straight to answerphone.
2) I'm being notified for someone else's missed calls.
3) They're fake, and I'm just being spammed.
4) They're fake, and the numbers being featured (one repeated 5 times)
are ending up the victim of a "joe job"...

I've just turned my own missed calls alert setting off, and shall see if
I still get any more coming through. A test with OCS hanging up on my
answerphone outgoing message did not produce any missed call alert, even
though it was enabled at the time and caller ID was shown. (Maybe if I'm
getting someone else's, someone else again is getting mine?)

*sigh*

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David WE Roberts

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Jan 31, 2006, 4:03:08 PM1/31/06

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On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:48:00 +0000, Soruk wrote:

> Yesterday and today, I've been getting spammed by (what appear to be)
> Orange's Missed Call alerts.
>
> Only thing is, my phone never rang for any of them despite being in
> coverage (and having a working GPRS session).
>
> Trying to work out WTF is going on, I'm guessing it's one of the
> following:
>
> 1) Routing issues causing those calls to go straight to answerphone.
> 2) I'm being notified for someone else's missed calls.
> 3) They're fake, and I'm just being spammed.
> 4) They're fake, and the numbers being featured (one repeated 5 times)
> are ending up the victim of a "joe job"...
>
> I've just turned my own missed calls alert setting off, and shall see if
> I still get any more coming through. A test with OCS hanging up on my
> answerphone outgoing message did not produce any missed call alert, even
> though it was enabled at the time and caller ID was shown. (Maybe if I'm
> getting someone else's, someone else again is getting mine?)
>
> *sigh*

There is a missed call scam where the network puts a notification on your
phone, and when you ring back you go through a call handling software
thing with loads of voice prompts but no resolution.
Just a way of keeping you on the line racking up call charges.

Had a few on Orange; they have stopped now.

HTH
Dave R

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Soruk

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Feb 1, 2006, 2:57:29 AM2/1/06

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>I'd look at the number and if I didn't recognise it I'd wonder what it
>was and wait for them to call back. So I guess that scam won't work on me.

The weird thing is, for all of these my phone never actually rang. Despite
being in coverage with a strong signal, and other calls from people I knew
coming through. (and my V545 doesn't have a 'reject callers I don't know'
function)

David WE Roberts

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Feb 1, 2006, 3:29:55 PM2/1/06

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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:57:29 +0000, Soruk wrote:

<snip>

> The weird thing is, for all of these my phone never actually rang. Despite
> being in coverage with a strong signal, and other calls from people I knew
> coming through. (and my V545 doesn't have a 'reject callers I don't know'
> function)

That is why it is a 'network thing' - there is a way to register a call to
your phone, then drop it before your phone has time to ring. You just get
the 'missed call' thing.

Soruk

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Feb 1, 2006, 5:33:10 PM2/1/06

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But surely the missed call alert is triggered by someone reaching your
answerphone but not leaving a message..?

The missed call alert I'm referring to is the text-message variety, not
the "Received Calls" list on my handset.