[asterisk-biz] Strange request.

[Tahir Almas]

Yes, they are using Premium numbers as CallerID to make money

Regards
*Tahir Almas*

Managing Partner
ICT Innovations
http://www.ictinnovations.com
Leveraging open source in ICT


On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Steve Totaro
<stotaro at asteriskhelpdesk.com>wrote:

> Oh, I believe it.  Anything to make money, someone will do it.
>
> I suppose this could be used for CallerID dip revenue sharing as well,
> although certainly not as profitable.  2 seconds is about how long an
> analog phone takes to retrieve the CallerID.
>
> I used to get generic Office Depot looking invoices addressed to my
> LLC, Accounts Payable.  They were not large bills and had things like
> toner, paper, pens, or whatever.  Total under $200.
>
> Total scam.  I never ordered from these guys but I wonder how many
> larger companies get these small invoices with Net 30 terms and don't
> even question it.  They just cut a check since it is a small amount
> and it would be a pain to track down who made the order or find a
> purchase order.
>
> If they can make a buck the easy way, they will.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve T
>
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Sahil Gupta <sgupta at tigercom.com.sg>
> wrote:
> > Basically, what happens is these guys have numbers for expensive
> countries.
> >
> > They are usually countries either in Africa or South Pacific Islands.
> >
> > The idea of the model is to give missed calls to a range of numbers
> > across the world and hangup upon receiving a connect from the far end.
> >  They make their money when the B-party decides to call the A-party
> > number back because they are concerned they will miss an important
> > call.
> >
> > Believe it or not there are a number of people doing it.
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Mobile Wi.Fi <asterisk-biz at mobile-wi.fi>
> wrote:
> >> Hello Sahil,
> >>
> >> What is Audiotext numbers?
> >>
> >> On 2012-10-13 13:54, Sahil Gupta wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Sounds like someone is generating calls to Audiotext numbers.
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Mobile Wi.Fi
> >>> <asterisk-biz at mobile-wi.fi> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> Recently I have a strange request from a customer which whats an
> account
> >>>> just for making calls for 1 or 2 seconds :)
> >>>> but a daily traffic of 30000 calls per day all over the world. I have
> 2
> >>>> problems with this:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1.) At this type of traffic how can I correctly charge them because
> >>>> there's
> >>>> some providers where this type of calls will be charged as an 1 minute
> >>>> call.
> >>>> 2.) Is obviously that i must activate concurrent calls on customer
> >>>> account
> >>>> to be able to archive 30000 requests per day, but our services is
> >>>> pre-payed
> >>>> and I want to deactivate account when the customer finished the
> amount of
> >>>> allowed calls.
> >>>> 3.) As they want world wide access can somebody recommend me how can i
> >>>> make
> >>>> conveyable fixed per minute rate in context of variable cost per
> >>>> different
> >>>> destinations. I presume i must make a flat rate based on weighted
> average
> >>>> formula adapted at your volume of call traffic. Do you use some tools
> to
> >>>> archive this type of request?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you.
> >>>>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Mobile-Wi.Fi Team
> >>>>
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Sahil Gupta
> > Director
> >
> > Tigercom Pte. Limited
> > 998 Toa Payoh North #07-22/23
> > Singapore 318993
> >
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