Around 2 months ago i received a bill for £350. I almost died, my phone bill is around £20-30 a month not anymore.
I contacted my cable company ) virginmedia who hold my phone contract) and told them i did not make the calls. They put me through to their "fraud" dept. They sent an engineer out around 4 days later to test the line. No fault was found.
I was told if no fault was found i would have to pay for it. Anyway when he finished checking the line we discovered that the wir which comes into the house had been tampered. Its very easy to "hack" a phone line, its only 2 wires and 2x croc clips and your off.
Anyway as a result the bill was credited to my acount and that was the last of that. I did find out what the number was about and it was a " ring this number 20 times and receive £20 on your o2 phone" scam.
You would ring them number, they would charge you £2 a connection x20 and you can see why they do it.
Kids do this in town on contract phone i have been told to gain credit on their phones.
Bloody hell i thought nicking apples from peoples trees "cool".
If you can prove your phone line "may" of been tampered i dont see why you would pay. They would also look at your calling record and check for pattens.