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0844 Telephone Number Mystery
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On my phone bill each month I see charges for short calls - usually less than 15 seconds - to one particular 0844 number.
I have no recollection of making calls to this number.
I've contacted BT and they've told me that as they're all outgoing calls then I must be phoning this number myself - there is no-one else in the house but me.
I have tried an online search for this number, but no results are found other than reports of other people having had a similar experience.
Unsure if it's ok to post the full number here, but I'd like to know who is behind this number.
Is it acceptable to share the number here?
I have no recollection of making calls to this number.
I've contacted BT and they've told me that as they're all outgoing calls then I must be phoning this number myself - there is no-one else in the house but me.
I have tried an online search for this number, but no results are found other than reports of other people having had a similar experience.
Unsure if it's ok to post the full number here, but I'd like to know who is behind this number.
Is it acceptable to share the number here?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Mazie's first link doesn't work. I think it was meant to show this:
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You're not the first person to find outgoing calls to that number on a phone bill:
https:/ /www.un knownph one.com /search .php?nu m=08448 920012
The number actually seems to go to a fax service or other data-only type of connection. (I've just called it and listened to the tones). That makes me wonder whether it's actually your computer which is managing to dial that number (or even, possibly, some other device, such as an all-in-one printer that incorporates a fax facility). It could be something which is configured to connect to an old-style dial-up internet service.
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You're not the first person to find outgoing calls to that number on a phone bill:
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The number actually seems to go to a fax service or other data-only type of connection. (I've just called it and listened to the tones). That makes me wonder whether it's actually your computer which is managing to dial that number (or even, possibly, some other device, such as an all-in-one printer that incorporates a fax facility). It could be something which is configured to connect to an old-style dial-up internet service.
Just a thought:
Have you got any type of equipment which is connected to your phone line for the purposes of 'remote monitoring'? e.g. a burglar alarm or the types of alarms which elderly people (or those with certain health conditions) have in order to alert a call centre when an emergency button is pressed. If so, it could be that equipment which is configured to periodically check that there's still a valid data connection.
Have you got any type of equipment which is connected to your phone line for the purposes of 'remote monitoring'? e.g. a burglar alarm or the types of alarms which elderly people (or those with certain health conditions) have in order to alert a call centre when an emergency button is pressed. If so, it could be that equipment which is configured to periodically check that there's still a valid data connection.
Buenchico, I did get the same result from mazie's first link.
I also saw those same results from the website you linked to. I'm not alone!
However, no info on who owns the number.
Thanks for trying it. Interesting you say it links to a machine.
Really baffled now! Don't own a fax or a printer linked to a phone line.
I haven't had a dial-up connection for years!
I also saw those same results from the website you linked to. I'm not alone!
However, no info on who owns the number.
Thanks for trying it. Interesting you say it links to a machine.
Really baffled now! Don't own a fax or a printer linked to a phone line.
I haven't had a dial-up connection for years!
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