Missed Call from 1590 Number ???

sam27 · 27-09-2011 10:53AM #1

Hi there,

I just received a call from 1590 number and asked me if this was Tony.

I said no and you must have wrong number. They then asked what my name was and I hung up.

They call my number again but i dint answer.

Anyone know anything bout this number. Just shows 1590.

Thanks

biko · 27-09-2011 10:55AM

Trying to make you ring back maybe?
Might not work if it only says 1590

If you call a 1590 number -- the most expensive premium-rate call you can make -- you'll be charged €2.90 a minute for calls from landlines. Twenty minutes of that kind of chat and you're down almost €60. If you're calling from a mobile, the charge could be even more. If you're a pay-as-you-go Speakeasy customer with O2 for example, you'll pay €4 a minute to call 1590 lines.

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/avoid-getting-hung-up-on-premium-calls-1496662.html

Biggins · 27-09-2011 10:56AM

Suspect it might be some sort of call back scam.

1520, 1530, 1540, 1550, 1560, 1570, 1580 and 1590 are all premium rate numbers.

See below for example of charge rates and sections:

http://www.askcomreg.ie/home_phone/phone_numbers.37.LE.asp
http://www.upc.ie/phone/tariffs/
http://www.tescomobile.ie/OtherCharges.aspx

FatherLen · 27-09-2011 11:00AM

yeah you would be a sucker to call them back

biko · 27-09-2011 11:01AM

Call them back

sam27 · 27-09-2011 11:11AM

Its only 1590 number. Wont connect.

I understand if the number was 1590 666 333 for example, then I would be charged through the roof.

But dont understand why its just 1590

ArtyC · 27-09-2011 11:35AM

Could be an internet phone making an outside call. Its like that in my friends workplace. When she rings me four digits come up but if I dial them back I can'tget through

Kerrydude1981 · 27-09-2011 11:37AM

I got a similar call a few months back wasnt from 1590 number though,no number showed up only call flashing on the phone,I answered it sum muppet doing a survey of some kind,I was at a match at the time so I couldnt take the call I said,he got right thick so I told him to F*CK OFF and hung up.

Missed Call from 1590 Number ???

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