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Ive Just Had An Odd Fone Call...

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susie manterfield(high wycombe)

susie manterfield(high wycombe) Report 25 Jan 2007 12:27

gillie im glad im not the only one who puts the fone down if no one answers me lol i cant be bothered with them.

Forgetmenot

Forgetmenot Report 25 Jan 2007 12:22

Susie, I always feel that if anything is so important and its someone you know well enough, they can always reverse the charges and speak directly to you rather than leave a message, I never trust messages from people I dont know and if I ever pick up my phone, I say hello and if that person doesn't speak straight away I put the phone down, if I hang on, nine times out of ten its one of those useless calls trying to sell me rubbish I dont want, or more often just a call centre. Gillie xx

susie manterfield(high wycombe)

susie manterfield(high wycombe) Report 25 Jan 2007 12:13

thanks gillie this was an 0871 number aswell qaand it was a young lad. glad i hung up lol

susie manterfield(high wycombe)

susie manterfield(high wycombe) Report 25 Jan 2007 12:12

ooh ekk rosi and ive just hung up lol perhaps they will ring back eh?

Forgetmenot

Forgetmenot Report 25 Jan 2007 12:10

Susie its a scam, google MCS on UK and see, I have copy and pasted this for you, I found this . I have an answering machine message from 'MCS'. Is it a scam? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They said that they had a message waiting for me. This seems like a scam as surely wouldn't they just tell me the message? I've searched the internet and can't find anything on MCS, but does anyone else know about this kind of thing? I had one of these aslo last Friday. Very polite voice on phone, when I was trying to interupt him, asking who he was from, (was something like mcs) he continued saying he had a massage etc then hung up. It also was a 0871 number. Big Scam! Dont panic, you did the right thing. Gillie xx

Rosi Glow

Rosi Glow Report 25 Jan 2007 12:04

It sounds like it is a text message that has been sent to your landline....

susie manterfield(high wycombe)

susie manterfield(high wycombe) Report 25 Jan 2007 12:01

the phone rang and when i picked it up it was dead. as i went to put it down a voice spoke and said......... hello,we are MCS message service .you have a message.to pick up your message please ring such and such number. who the hell are they? i dont have a message service for my phone calls!! i slammed the phone down lol.