On the subject of wallet emptying years ago there was an agency based in MAnchester called PageThreeBabes and you got to the home page OK but to look at the galleries you clicked on a link and the page dialed up using a premium rate number, remember the days of dial-up modems to get online and waiting ages for a page to load??
I figured a way round this scam, I clicked on the link and let the premium rate number be dialed and connected for all of a second then pulled the phoneline and let my basic broadband connection take over and give me free access to the galeries.
Whilst on that subject beware of 070 and similar numbers they can charge you at a fairly hefty rate..
I think IIRC 090 series numbers are much the same..
Consumers are warned about a scam which is designed to make them think they have received a missed call from a mobile phone.
When victims call the number back, they are actually dialling a service costing up to £1.50 a minute.
The scam begins when you receive a missed call from a number beginning 070 or 076.
These numbers are used because they look like '07' mobile phone numbers but can cost considerably more to call.
When you ring the number back, the call is immediately dropped or an engaged tone is played and the victim is charged. Some callers have also heard a recorded voice suggesting a bad line, encouraging the caller to ring back and be charged a second time.
If you receive a missed call from a number beginning 070 or 076 that you do not recognise, do not call it back.
Instead, make a note of the number and complain to the premium rate regulator,