{"id":2605,"date":"2015-06-04T08:39:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T08:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/rightmove-victim-in-premium-rate-phone-number-scam\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T11:06:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T11:06:09","slug":"rightmove-victim-in-premium-rate-phone-number-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/rightmove-victim-in-premium-rate-phone-number-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Rightmove: Victim In Premium Rate Phone Number Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.roybrooks.co.uk\/CMS\/estate_agent.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 198 1130 Property Data MEdia LLP 9 2 1326 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Reports in the press reveal that <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/rightmove\">Rightmove,<\/a>the UKs largest agent only portal may have become victim to a premium rate phone number scam. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Estate agent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/estate-agent\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/estate_agent;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02dzpr;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Estate_agent\" >Estate Agents<\/a> that pay hundreds of pounds to list with the portal have reportedly received numerous leads that appear to be fake.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Rightmove Spokesperson said: <\/span>Over the last few days, some Rightmove member agents have received a Rightmove email enquiry asking them to contact a premium rate phone number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To safeguard our members, when a Rightmove enquiry contains a premium rate phone number such as those starting 076 or 070, a clear red warning is displayed on the email enquiry alerting agents to be careful, and we also include advice on how to avoid common scams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Rightmove has attracted controversy lately,as Scott Forbes, who has been Rightmove&#8217;s chairman since 2005, sold 300,000 shares at an average price of \u00a323.50. He retained 319,300 shares in the 14-year-old company, which has a <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/market-value\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/market_value;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02vk6h9;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Market_value\" >market value<\/a> of \u00a32.3 bn.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The share sale comes as Rightmove is facing increasing competition from its main rival Zoopla which is <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/planning\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/planning;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0217bt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Planning\" >planning<\/a> to float on the stock <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Market (economics)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/market-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/market_economics;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Market_(economics)\" >market<\/a> next month and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/compare-estate-agents\" title=\"estate agents\">estate agents<\/a> setting up their own property portal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Rightmove shares fell yesterday on concerns about pressure to control overheating in the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Real estate economics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/real-estate-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/real_estate_economics;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.04t2q1;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Real_estate_economics\" >housing market<\/a>: they lost 81p (3.5%) to close at \u00a322.10p.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nick Marr<!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports in the press reveal that Rightmove,the UKs largest agent only portal may have become victim to a premium rate phone number scam. 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