How one man turns annoying cold calls into cash [telecom]

A man targeted by marketing companies is making money from cold calls with his own premium-rate phone number.

In November 2011 Lee Beaumont paid £10 plus VAT to set up his personal

0871 line - so to call him now costs 10p, from which he receives 7p.

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In the U.S., these are "976" numbers. Does anyone still offer them?

Bill Horne Moderator

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Posted 5 years ago by Joseph Singer in General Telecommunications Forum

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