All my personal telephone numbers have been registered with The Telephone Preference Service for some time, but today I received a recorded advertising message which has just p–ed me off. I’ve reported it to TPS and to ICSTIS (the UK regulator of premium rate numbers) with the following message:
On 15th September 2003 at 19.29BST, I received a recorded (female voice) telephone call to my home residential number (that is listed with the Telephone Preference Service).
The message said I had won a £1000 prize award (well, my telephone number had) and that I had to call 0906 638 9992 at £1.50 per minute (call last 7 minutes) to claim the £1000 award. For terms and conditions, I was to see www.moreflights.net (may be incorrect) or write to PO Box 6017, Basingstoke, RG21 4BZ.
It’s bad enough that I was called whilst my number is listed on the TPS, it’s twice as bad that it was a recorded message that had no human operator at the other end, third that I had just got to sleep after an extremely long and hard shift at work, fourthly that it was advertising a premium rate phone number and fifthly that it’s probably a “rip-off/con”!
I hope this company (which failed to give a name, details of where they had got my number – apart from ‘randomly chosen’ or any other identifying information) gets massively fined and shut down!
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“Our Nikki” still going strong. I had a message left on my answerphone (normal not 1571) last night telling me I had won all manner of goodies (including the standard Bahamas trip and a VW Beetle). Even though I’ve received a similar call before and laughed it off, because she used my surname and said I had entered a competition last year and won, I was nearly suckered in.
Anyway, like everyone else I was glad to find this site (whilst looking for a normal number in case she really is on extension 4344!). Complaints now registered with ICSTIS and TPS – who I am also registered with. Has anyone had this call who isn’t with the TPS?…
Wondering if maybe Nikki has a list from them and gets richer pickings from people who feel protected from unsolicited calls… when you’re not fending off double glazing salesmen all day you feel a bit special if someone tells you you’ve won a prize!
hi its 20.30pm 8/6/04 just had the delightful Nikki on the phone luckily i found your site so saved myself a lot of money on the phone bill am still unsure about tps only registered with them yesterday coincedence or what am still wondering
Hi,fellow Fishered victims
My family too have been nominated ‘lucky’ winners. I did a 1471 and the phone no. 08668493243 came up. Yes, we got the extension no. info and the premium no. on our message too, but I thought my info might be of interest.
I am reporting my episode to ICSTIS too.
Thank you for your site- very helpful.
Just been Fishered, @ 7:00pm. Pleased to have found u guys. Enjoyed reading all the posts and deep thanks to the host for saving our cash. Gave me the number 09061119000. Complaints to the authorities will be next. Thanks once again and lets be careful out there!
im so glad i googled the 09061119000 to find out more about jackpot and nikki fisher i dont normally take any notice of the pre recorded messages but my answer phone got this one and she used our family name, leading us to beleive it could be genuine but i still didn’t quite beleive it. glad i listened to my innerself.
Cheers to everyone else for logging their calls too (i see shes been at it scince march 15th 2004)
and shes got alot of top prize winners too.
well nikki take my prize for me you deserve it you’ve worked so hard you need a nice cruise to relax and isn’t it about time you took a day off and p***** off.
nicky
Just wanted to say thanks for being here when the dulcet tones of Ms Fisher (maybe Mrs but I can’t imagine anyone wanting to marry her) came echoing down my phone line today. Once again I am also registered with TPS – hadn’t won anything before I registered!
Has no-one on this site ever called la belle Nicky’s bluff ? Suppose she’s legit, and we’re all dissing her unfairly ? What’s the evidence ? I assume it’s against the law to say you have wone something, and then not give it out ?
Well unfortunately I didn’t find this lot until coming off the phone. Seems like I’ve just given Ms Fisher £6 too! Was looking forward to that cruise …..! Will also put in a complaint – wont let anyone take my money for nothing. Grrr!
Just returned the infamous Nicki Fisher call, and I have also have won a cruise to the Bahamas – I thought it was worth £6 for one of those amazing prizes – what an idiot!!!
I think I’ll transform myself into an investigative reporter and find the lovely Ms Fisher…but I guess it does not take a genius to figure out, that with all the money she has taken from us, she is probably sipping a cocktail, aboard an all inclusive cruise liner, in the Bahamas!
I received the call from Fisher.
The latest number being used is 09061119000
Dear Niky Fisher is still doing the rounds – even reached Wales! The tel no. is again 0906 11220000, and x.4344 given, and once again Jackpot prizes. Thanks everyone – saved me some money – and denied it to her!
My wife just phoned me up at work having got the call, wondering whether I thought it was genuine or not. Again, we’re TPS registered and this has resulted in a reduction in the number of spam phone calls we get. I love the Internet! A quick Google of “Jackpot Promotions” within the UK showed up this and another site. The phone call was made more credible because she used our surname. The ICSTIS phone line was engaged when she rang it to complain.
yeah i got one on 15th june saying id won a volkswagon beetle worth £15k or £6k or £1k or a personal dvd player. caribbean cruise, etc etc
got a name Nikki Fisher and extension 4344 but no number to call part from 09061119000 which was £1.50 per min, thanks to here i haven’t rung the number ! these people are out of order and this sort of thing shud be stopped ! along with all the other junk mail we keep getting! i must win over £50,000 each week , why work ey? 😉
plus im not sure but we have also had quite a few calls (witheld number of course!)where no-one has spoken and hung up, maybe i has been them and won’t speak cos they really want to leave a message so you HAVE to get back to them! which is even more out of order, especially as me and my gf are having some really bad stuff happening and thought we were getting funny phone calls from some other person !! if anyone can let me know how to report this , i think i should !!
I too got the call promising a major prize, from Nicky Fisher of Jackpot Promotions on ext. 4344 but no phone number except the premium rate one. She used my surname and claimed I entered a Jackpot Promotions competition last year – funny how you can never remember entering these things!
Thanks to a cynical nature/Google/Richy’s website lets all hope she won’t tempt too many people into parting with their hard earned cash!
I’m not TPS registered, by the way.
well it took us a week to decide what to do with our message but fortunatly we decided to search the net just before we weakened and called the 0906 1118844 number Nicky Fisher must have gone to RADA thankfully we have you to rescue us like International Rescue
Just a quick post. I DIDN’T get caught by this scam. I had a missed call on my ex-directory home number and did a quick search on yahoo to see who it could be. Seems these guys are still operating and calling ex-directory/TPS registered numbers.
Not sure what I may have done if I had been in and answered the call. Thanks to this resource for providing valuable info.
I can’t believe this scam has been going for so long! I received the Nicki Fisher phone call for the last two evenings. Same as Jackpot demotions posted on May 27th. The number to call was 0906 1122244.
Luckily a few days ago I was explaining to my boyfriend how these companies scam people as he thought he had won a decent prize from some leaflet. So I wasn’t gonna let myself be caught out so soon after telling him not to be gullable and thought I’d google it. Must say it could be very convincing though and I bet loads of people phone the number, which I guess is what keeps the company going.
I’ll just add for reference after reading everyone elses posts:
I’m not TPS registered or ex directory (don’t think I’ll bother as it doesn’t sound like its worth it)
I’m on NTL
I don’t even have an answerphone (so the ‘one new message’ bit wasn’t very convincing)
I too have been getting loads of calls where it hangs up when u answer
I didn’t do 1471 so not sure if it was withheld number or not but notice some people had a brighton number and I live near there. Any connection? I doubt it but thought I’d mention it.
I too will go to previous link and report it too the ITCS(?) and possibly watchdog although it doesn’t seem to be making any difference.
Best of luck to the poor sods who are yet to receive this call…
Ruth
I’ve had this message left twice this week, current number is 09061119000.
wish someone would DO something about these parasites
Hmmm, have just been Nicky Fishered,not 20 minutes ago, the prizes exactly the same, same extension, same closing date etc….will be contacting http://www.icstis.org.uk/icstis2002/default.asp in approx two minutes time!!!!!!!
i have just been called by the nikki Fisher con, listing all the loverly prizes (prob don’t exit) we didn’t call the No. 09061119000, just went to the ICSTIS web site and posted a complaint with them as we have registered with the TPS, so lets see what happens next.
Yep, me too. The message didn’t sound like an automated one and it was personalised, so stupidly I called the number. 0906 1122244 and was fleeced for £6. They are called Jackpot Promotions, PO Box 2087, Wrexham, LL11 4ZQ. Which needless to say, doesn’t exist.
I have just been Done now!! Unfortunately for me i rang back the number. I thought i had fell in lucky. She told me i had a top prize cruise to the Bahamas. So i’m guessing its not 2 be 🙁 Well im sick now and the price of the call too!!.
Had the same message from Nicky Fisher of Jackpot Promotions, same prizes as listed above, the number is now 0906 111 9000. The message said I’d entered a competition last year which is what aroused my suspicion, as I was out of the country last year! PLus the premium rate number, extension number but no landline number and the ‘too good to be true’ ideas should make people wary.
Still thought I’d do a Google search on the offchance though, so glad I found this site.
Yes I had the same message from Nicky Fisher of Jackpot Promotions. Does anyone know if the ICSTIS is actually doing anything about this?
Miss Fishy Knicker has just left me a message too.
I decided to check it out and Jackpot Promotions Nicky Fisher in Google led me here. What can we do to get these idiots?
Just to say that we had the Nicky Fisher “you have won a major prize” message this morning at 11 38 am – very plausible but I am naturally suspicious of anything involving premium rate lines. Very glad indeed to fidn this thread reassuring me my suspicions were well founded. ACn someone tell me – this seems to have been going on for at least five months – Why are Jackpot Promotions not yet barred from accessing profits from premium rate line servces? Incidentally we too have been TPS registered for ages, so how did they find out our name and number went together?
Hi,
I’ve just been Nicki Fisher’d and healthy scepticism led me here. I’m adding a comment because after listening to the message several times I remained convinced that she was working for Jack Proclamations and googling for that came up with nothing. I found the blog by googling for the number 0906 1119000. Perhaps our Nicky has now worked so hard that her mouth isn’t working properly anymore??
Just had the Nicki Fisher from Jacpot Promotions (I also thought she said Jack Proclomations!). Phoned the premium rate number – guess what – won a Bahamas cruise. Provided I send my mobile number and ‘winning number’ to Jackpot Promotions, PO Box 2087, Wrexham, LL11 4ZQ (tis a real postcode in Bwlchgwn near Wrexham). Am tempted to fiollow it up for a laugh! Watch this space……
Hey. Thanks everyone for this blog. Just thought i would google it before I concider calling. Just saved a lot of time and hassle. Thanks and keep up with the good work. By the way, what is TPS? I get calls like this the whole time….
Thanks for this site!
I had the Fishy Fisher rubbish left on my answerphone this morning and ran the number on Yahoo and came up with you.
I also enter a lot of comps. so it proves you can`t be too careful. It was the extenion number without a phone number that gave it away really. Thanks again!!
Yep, Nicki Fishered on Fathers Day. Thanks a lot Nicki. But real thanks to the stalwarts on this site. I never had any intention of calling the number but just curious I thought I’d look it up on the internet and low and behold – Nicki is a busy lady. Busy and sad. Happy Fathers Day Nicki – not!
John from Belfast.
Sooooo pleased i searched the 0906 number. Nicki rang me on Fathers Day too. Unfortunately i am a sucker for these calls, but thanks to you lot my money will be staying in my pocket, this time!!
I was mugged by Nicky Fisher a couple of days ago after phoning the premium rate number to “win” a cruise to the bahams. As my girlfriend does enter loads of competitions I thought it was a genuine response but found this page on Google for a reality check. I note that people have been complaining to the ICSTIS for months but what is the point because nothing changes. I am relocating to North Wales soon and will join “direct” action if the opportunity arises!
I feel like such an idiot after reading the comments from all you on the ball people…I got a call from this nicky fisher c*w on fathers day saying the usual – me and my partner had supposedly won £6000, dvd player, £15,000 car or cruise etc etc etc…we had randomly entered a competition last year (really out of character) so assumed it was that – i called the number today (it was all automated messages on the other end) and had to leave my age and mobile number, supposedly so they could verify my details on their system. They told me that i had actually won the trip to the bahama’s which i was obviously excited about – feel stupid now… – then they gave me a claim number BH1104 and told me to send a stamped addressed envelope to their address (Jackpot promotions, PO Box 2087, Wrexham, LL11 4ZQ)to claim my prize – along with my name and mobile number…ofcourse after calling my bloke to tell him the good news he said “hang on a minute” looked at google and found you lot – wish i’d had the sense to do that first now and kept that money that i spent on the call. It cost me £1.50 per minute for about 5 minutes….NEVER MAKING THAT MISTAKE AGAIN!!! What really makes me angry though isn’t the money i wasted on the call – it’s the fact that i was so excited to tell my bloke what we had won…I hope these people get what they deserve!
I TOO HAVE HAD THE SAME TROUBLE WITH NICKIE FISHER AND HER JACKPOT PROMOTIONS, EXTENSION 4344 OR PHONE 09061119000. TELLING ME IT WOULD COST 1.50 OER MIN TOTAL CALL 5.50SECS. PROMISING ME A PLASMA T.V. ETC., MONEY ETC., DVDETC.,I HAVE REPORTED IT TO THE TRADING STANDARDS.CAERNARFON.
I HAVE THEM THROUGH THE POST TOO,DIFFERENT FIRM I AM SUPPOSED TO HAVE WON A DVD PLAYER SENT OFF THE COMPLETED FORM JUST TO SEE WHAT I GET.WILL LET YOU KNOW.
RE: NICKIE FISHER,AGAIN.
WHY IS IT DO YOU THINK SHE GIVES THE EXTENSION NUMBER AND NOT THE PHONE NUMBER. I HAVE TRIED TO TRACK HER DOWN THROUGH VARIOUS SOURCES UNTIL I DECIDED TO TRY THE PHONE NUMBER ON GOOGLE AND LO. AND BEHOLD LOOK WHO I FOUND ALL OF YOU.
Just read Yvette’s message about her winning number for the Bahamas cruis with Nicki Fisher. Funny thing – that’s MY number for the Bahamas cruise! Shall we meet on the boat? Or would we be better going to Wrexham? Oh well, I’m a sadder, wiser and poorer man!
Got the Nicky Fisher message yesterday (June 21st) in Cornwall. Glad I checked it out before making that call.I will complain to the relevant authorities and also write to the local paper in the hope of preventing people being ripped off!
yet another call from promotions! why me i ask my self!!
tel 09058091171. they where useing cold callers!
I’ve just received an automated call from Nikki Fisher as well… offering the cruise, cash, car etc… from a competition I entered last year. She claims to be the ‘Claims Manager’ for Jackpot Promotions, who aren’t listed at Companies House from what I can see, and the number I’m meant to call is 0906 111 9000 at a cost of 1.50 a minute with an average call duration of 5.50 mins. If you want to listen to the message I received, here is an MP3 of it: http://66.98.162.163/jackpot.mp3
all I can add to the lengthy discussion is:
GOD BLESS GOOGLE (whoever your god may be). And god curse Ms Fisher, whoever she may be.
Hi,
I’m a reporter with You & Yours, BBC Radio 4. We’re developing a series which involves tracking down the real people (conmen) behind internet and telephone spam/scam. They rely on the ‘virtual’ and ‘faceless’ nature of their scams but what if someone started knocking on their door or bombarding them with telephone requests for interviews etc? Any help much appreciated
Yeah,just got the Nicky Fisher/Jackpot call on ansaphone,had me thinking did I enter any competition! Thought i’d better google it and see if anything crops up,brought me here.I feel so stupid for nearly believing her spiel!
I just got home to a message from this infamous Nicky Fisher. I put the phone number in Google and found this site. The old saying “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is” springs to mind. I’d thought there would be better policing over these premium rate number scams.
Yayy!!!
I can’t wait for my cruise!!!!!!!
think i’ll take the missus…..
Tricky Nikki has phoned me two days running now, today leaving a convincing sounding message on my answerphone. Cannot believe how she/they have been able to get away with this for so long. Rip off phone calls seem to be the new spam… It’s like being gradually besieged in your own home by criminals and has got to be stopped.
Just a quick thank you, I too received the Nikki Fisher message. Without finding this i may have been tempted to phone them.
ta very much
Yeah I just got the Nicky Fisher jackpot promotions one…twice within 3 days and I was sitting at my PC and I could hear the annoying woman blathering on my mums answerphone too…..
Got home from work yesterday – checked messages & found I had been contacted by Nicky Fisher from Jackpot Promotions. As I do try competitions I thought just maybe I’d been lucky this time. Decided agains’t calling 09061119000. Got home from work tonight & same message hence the reason I decided to do some searching about this company. Thanks to this – will try not to be such a dreamer but hey there’s always the lottery:)J
everyday a man goes along to the sorting office in wrexham and collects the mail under the po box that jackpot promotions use. if you live near there why not pop along and wait for his arrival. let us all know how you got on.
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