Warning over 'dial 1' phone scam in Australia
Scamwatch posted a tweet today saying people had been receiving phone calls with automated messages that pretended to inform the listener of a problem.
+44 1889 575025
Dave Hadley (Engineering) Ltd
Verified profile
Rugeley
United Kingdom
Rugeley is an industrial and market town in Cannock Chase District in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the north-eastern edge of Cannock Chase next to the River Trent, 7.9 miles north of Lichfield, 9.8 miles southeast of the county town of Stafford, 4.6 miles northeast of Hednesford and 11.3 miles southwest of Uttoxeter. At the 2011 census the population was 24,033. Rugeley is twinned with Western Springs, Illinois and in July 1962 the towns made... Show more telephone history on national television when the chairman of Rugeley Urban District Council made the first telephone call via the new Telstar satellite to the Mayor of Western Springs.
Tips on articles
Lotto winner in Melbourne lockdown hung up...
A lotto winner in Melbourne's south-west says she might treat herself to a new vacuum after almost missing out on news of her $852,000 win when she hung up on officials, thinking they were trying to scam her.
You might be interested
What the benefits of signing up to Call Insider are
Registration at Call Insider is free. Creating an account brings several benefits:
- Fewer ads.
- An overview of your ratings, which you can edit and delete.
- Ability to set up notifications about replies to your comments.
- No need to solve reCaptcha (spambot protection) when adding a comment.
- Ability to add more comments a day.
- Easier reporting of harmful comments.
My comment has disappeared or has been edited, why?
We edit and delete comments for the following reasons:
- We are informed that the comment contains signs of illegal actions and these actions can be determined on the basis of general awareness.
- We are informed that a given comment contains personal data according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- We are notified that the comment is vulgar or abusive.
- We receive a request to delete a comment from the police.
- We receive a court decision to delete a comment.
How can I report an inappropriate comment?
Every user can deactivate any comment until the moderators deal with it. Just click the Delete button in the menu found at each comment. The user is then redirected to a short form where they can explain to moderators why they believe the comment is harmful. Processing of this request usually takes about a week. Then the user is informed about how the moderators dealt with the comment.
Other numbers in our database
What’s your experience with this number?