BE line checker used for cold calling by O2

Niall · Feb 24, 2011, 00:19:35

http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/aaisp/3969968-be-line-checking-numbers-used-for-cold-calling-by-o2.html?fpart=all&vc=1

Hmm.

.Griff. · Feb 24, 2011, 00:29:34

It's the latest in a long line of things Niall.

I was with Be for over four years and I've seen, and experienced, Be customers details ending up with other third parties.

Niall · Feb 24, 2011, 00:33:05

I've wondered who gave my mobile phone details to them too as I've never given my details to anyone other than legitimate companies. My most recent one is with my iphone. Having never given ANYONE my iphone number, I'd love to know how O2 got it.

I'd also like the strange bloke who keeps calling me and leaving text for someone called June, to stop too. You'd think he'd have spoken to her about her not replying in the last 3 months

Rik · Feb 24, 2011, 10:31:53

We've had an outbreak this week of third parties using our idnet.com addresses to join various websites. As we then get sent the login details, I do, change the email address and password and log out again.

Niall · Feb 24, 2011, 13:23:27

Speaking of fake sign ups, the forum similar to this one that I admin is seeing a huge increase in bot activity since the new version of these boards came out, and the two subsequent updates. We only have a small forum with a handful of members, but we get over 50 attempts to sign up by bots, a day. Obviously they have, since the security update on these types of forums, figured out a way around the asking a question to register and the security wavy line text thing. Most annoying.

Glenn · Feb 24, 2011, 13:35:41

Is it running SMF software, Niall?

Niall · Feb 24, 2011, 13:36:13

Yeah it's the same as this forum. I noticed that the inbuilt spellchecker seems to have vanished too.

Ahh, I've just gone through everything on there and it's actually the forum reporting that they've rejected the sign up, so it is working. I misunderstood what it was saying

The spellchecker thing has a note on it now though that says that it only works on some servers, so something must have changed in the newest version as the server hasn't changed. Not that I care as I use the Firefox one, but I was wondering why we only have two buttons when posting a new topic, and not the three we used to

pctech · Feb 24, 2011, 15:46:58

Quote from: Niall on Feb 24, 2011, 00:33:05
I've wondered who gave my mobile phone details to them too as I've never given my details to anyone other than legitimate companies. My most recent one is with my iphone. Having never given ANYONE my iphone number, I'd love to know how O2 got it.

I'd also like the strange bloke who keeps calling me and leaving text for someone called June, to stop too. You'd think he'd have spoken to her about her not replying in the last 3 months

Never hsd an issue myself but always been PAYG and had my current number for the last 8.5 years.

Seems though that contract numbers change hands for money so that maybe hoiw they got it, I'm assuming here your iPhone is on a network other than O2?

Niall · Feb 24, 2011, 16:24:37

Yeah it's with Vodafone. I would suggest that they passed the info on, but that would be self defeating from their point of view. If I actually answered the phone when they ring, I'd probably be with O2 instead (well, in theory!).

Technical Ben · Feb 24, 2011, 16:26:10

Quote from: Niall on Feb 24, 2011, 13:23:27
Speaking of fake sign ups, the forum similar to this one that I admin is seeing a huge increase in bot activity since the new version of these boards came out, and the two subsequent updates. We only have a small forum with a handful of members, but we get over 50 attempts to sign up by bots, a day. Obviously they have, since the security update on these types of forums, figured out a way around the asking a question to register and the security wavy line text thing. Most annoying.

I failed to register on a google forums all weekend. Must have taken me 10 tries to get the Cachpa correct.
The botnets usually work via social engineering now. They use a screen grab, and send it to some poor unsuspecting Botted PC where the users types in the answer.

pctech · Feb 24, 2011, 16:34:28

Quote from: Niall on Feb 24, 2011, 16:24:37
Yeah it's with Vodafone. I would suggest that they passed the info on, but that would be self defeating from their point of view. If I actually answered the phone when they ring, I'd probably be with O2 instead (well, in theory!).

Random dialler perhaps or maybe the number is part of their allocation that was ported long before you got it.

Niall · Feb 24, 2011, 16:41:42

I suppose that's possible, but I've only recently started getting calls from them. I normally change phone and supplier (and number) when a contract is up for one reason or another, so it always makes me wonder where they get the info from. I only give the bank and work my mobile number since these calls started happening, and since getting the iphone I haven't actually given even the bank my number, so it could be a reused number I suppose. Generally though the calls start when I'm within a couple of months of a contract end date, or when one could end. For example the most recent calls I had were after I'd had this phone for 10 months, then they stopped after a few weeks. I haven't had one since either.

It may all be coincidence, but I don't answer my phone, or reply to texts from unknown people anyway.