megalithic Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Couple of nights ago around 3am my phone rung for a short time, not enough time to answer it, a minute later I get a text stating - THIS IS SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE, WE HAVE HAD A 999 CALL FROM THIS PHONE, PLEASE CONTACT US QUOTING REF:129, TO ADVISE IF POLICE ARE REQUIRED OR NOT, THANK YOU. Anyway I knew no calls had been made from my phone so it was obviously a fake. I googled the number +447786200698 and it seems this particular number has been used in other scams. Just putting this out there to maybe save someone a premium call costing god only knows how much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipspice Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Couple of nights ago around 3am my phone rung for a short time, not enough time to answer it, a minute later I get a text stating - THIS IS SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE, WE HAVE HAD A 999 CALL FROM THIS PHONE, PLEASE CONTACT US QUOTING REF:129, TO ADVISE IF POLICE ARE REQUIRED OR NOT, THANK YOU. Anyway I knew no calls had been made from my phone so it was obviously a fake. I googled the number +447786200698 and it seems this particular number has been used in other scams. Just putting this out there to maybe save someone a premium call costing god only knows how much. thanks for the warning, these scammers are the lowest of the low Edited January 11, 2016 by nikki-red Fixed quote tags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottf Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 That's not a premium rate number though? Just a normal mobile number! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 I dunno mate. Obviously something dodgy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediumfast Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hoax or a tapping earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horribleblob Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) That's not a premium rate number though? Just a normal mobile number! The number that your phone has shown as calling you is not necessarily the true number. Just one example. I get several spam calls a month purporting to be from a Sheffield (0114) number. They aren't. Edited January 11, 2016 by horribleblob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dales Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Couple of nights ago around 3am my phone rung for a short time, not enough time to answer it, a minute later I get a text stating - THIS IS SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE, WE HAVE HAD A 999 CALL FROM THIS PHONE, PLEASE CONTACT US QUOTING REF:129, TO ADVISE IF POLICE ARE REQUIRED OR NOT, THANK YOU. Anyway I knew no calls had been made from my phone so it was obviously a fake. I googled the number +447786200698 and it seems this particular number has been used in other scams. Just putting this out there to maybe save someone a premium call costing god only knows how much. Just out of interest did you contact the police on 101 to check the incident number? Police will send you a text if they have received a 999 call with no speech. It will come from a mobile phone, so that in itself is not suspicious. The text message you have displayed above appears to be the genuine format of the messages sent by SYP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 I didn't as I knew there couldn't possibly have been a call made from my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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