{"id":4428,"date":"2013-08-30T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cold-call-victim-gets-his-own-back\/"},"modified":"2016-02-11T19:17:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T12:17:24","slug":"cold-call-victim-gets-his-own-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cold-call-victim-gets-his-own-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold-call victim gets his own back"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLeeds man sets up personal 0871 telephone number and makes 10p a minute from businesses and cold callers.\u2022 The plague of nuisance callsCold-call victim Lee Beaumont has taken revenge on his telephone tormentors by turning his home number into an 0871 premium rate line \u2013 and has so far made more than \u00a3300 from the calls he has received.Beaumont, 25, was getting fed up about the number of nuisance calls he was receiving, particularly those offering to help him claim for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI), so he started looking at ways to stem the tide. Then he realised there was money to be made. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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