Expensive fake police number taken down | Money

The consumer watchdog announced this on Wednesday.

The service transferred callers to the police for a fee. In retrospect, however, they were faced with high costs.

Harmful

“That is of course harmful for the caller, because they are more expensive than necessary. But the police are also bothered by this. We protect people from being misled when using forwarding services, which is why we intervene. ”

The provider has now terminated the service. The offering of forwarding services is not prohibited, but it must be very clear in the advertisements and on the websites who the provider is, what the service entails and what the costs are.

Costs call

As soon as someone calls a forwarding service, the caller should be told the identity of the provider, that there is a forwarding service and what the costs are per minute or per call.

If you would like to call the police, but do not have an emergency, you can call 0900-8844 (0900-TUIG). This costs 2.8 cents per minute, with a starting rate of 9.51 cents.

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