I have received a couple in Mid May.

Tony, you are right. When you ring back to are given a number to call to claim a prize. Problem is this number is a $x per minute number and they get you on the line for ages a rack up a huge bill.

I too do not ring back missed calls unless I know the number. They can leave a message or call back. Calling back missed calls usually finds them to be wrong number anyway. A waste of time and your money.

An article about it is in The Age,
http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/monkeys-wage-war-on-call-scam/2006/06/16/1149964711955.html

Michael


> Tony Langdon (ATC) <tlangdon@atctraining.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > hiyall, this is quite off topic but I just got this warning 
> > and wanted to pass it on. This is a real scam, I've had the 
> > call in question (read
> > below) and not called back, luckily.
> 
> I got one also (from a different number in the list), and same thing - 
> if
> they really wanted to get in touch with me, they'd have left a message 
> on
> voicemail... ;)  If not, they get ignored unless I know the number...
> 
> My understanding of the scam was that you didn't get slugged the $50 
> until
> you rang the second number (after being informed of the so called 
> "win").
> 
> but I could be wrong...