Is this a scam?

[Katymac]

I got a 1571 message from infotech asking me to call 08712401180.....I did and got put on hold

Is this a scam - how much am I likely to have been stung for?

Isn't this the one that comes up on your bill as a porn hotline>

some of them are quite expensive

not sure how much though

It doesn't matter if it does as I have paperless billing & dh never sees it

(mind you in 2 months when I come on here and say "DH has been looking at porn...it says so on my phone bill"

did you get thru to them or still on hold???

according to the BT website 0871 and 08712 aren't recognised as uk numbers

I came off after about 15 secs as I wasn't sure how much I was paying

ignore that, it doesn't recognise 0870 either

probably a recorded message if you do get thru

They were probably just trying to sell you something. The name is familiar, I'm sure we have had mailings and cold calls from them, something to do with computers and software and training etc.

I had a message like that on my phone but didn't call it as someone at work had told me about a scam that was going around where they do this.

I figured if it was genuine and important enough the person would phone back.

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