"Guy King" wrote in message
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from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

surely being an out and out con, it should get shut down (or not ...)

It does, and these days the income from premium rate lines doesn't get
distributed straight away so that scams have time to come to light
before the scammer splits with the dosh.

Translation, please?

The scammers hope to make lots of money by people ringing a premium rate
phone number. However, these days the numbers get shut down quite
rapidly. The scammers share of the phone charges used to be available to
the scammers straight away, so they could wait till the line's shut
down, clear out the account and disappear with the profits. Doesn't work
like that now - the money isn't available straight away, it's retained
by the telco and is forfeited if the number turns out to have been used
fraudulently.

Ah, I see, thanks!

Mary

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