Thursday, August 29, 2013

How one man is making money when telemarketers phone him




A man targeted by marketing companies is making money from cold calls with his own premium-rate phone number.

In November 2011 Lee Beaumont paid £10 plus VAT to set up his personal 0871 line - so to call him now costs 10p, from which he receives 7p.

The Leeds businessman told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme that the premium line had so far made £300.

MORE:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23877479



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