Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go...
by avip on Sunday November 25, 2018 @02:27PM
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Once upon a time redirects were used as pricing mechanism for phone-based "apis". So you could call some weather forecast, or sports analysis, yada yada. I don't know if these still exist, it would not surprise me if redirects are used mainly for fraud nowadays (they are huge in voip call centres breaches).
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Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go...
by govg on Sunday November 25, 2018 @04:06PM
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Believe Shazam also started as such a dial in service.
Re:Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Go...
by ljf on Sunday November 25, 2018 @04:36PM
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Indeed - I bought some early Bluetooth headphones that have a 'shazam' button, and pressing it would Dail their 4 it 5 digit UK number at the time. I think it was something like 2580 (the numbers straight down the centre of the dial pad.) Calls were capped at 50p I think and you got an sms response with the song title and artist fairly swiftly.
Strange how fast things change hey! Old news article about shazam and aqa https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/shazam-aqa-the-answer-is-on-you...