Morning Ken
Just to give everyone a little more information about "0870" numbers, here in the UK: unfortunately, they are perfecly legitimate numbers for what are known as "Premium Rate" lines.
Lots of big businesses use them here, including, if I'm not mistaken, all the major banks. When you set up an "0807" number with the line providers you can, virtually, name your own "Cost Rate per minute."
This enables many major businesses to con us out of our hard earned money, because, when you telephone one of these numbers, you are invariably taken through a whole load of stupid questions, before you can move on to the next stage. Whilst all the time the clock's ticking at sometimes £1.00 per minute!
This is legal theft! As, if one of us tried to do to the banks what they do to us; and, we wore a ski mask, we'd get 10 years hard!! On that salutory note, I'll end.
Best
Ian McKay MA.
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