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0909 879 0000

Who rang from 0909 879 0000?

This is in the premium rate number (sexual entertainment) range, but Ofcom’s data shows no phone company holding its block.

2 official sources · Ofcom files of 11 November 2026

This number is in a range Ofcom recommends for TV and radio drama. These ranges are never allocated to phone companies, so the number does not belong to anyone.

What should I do?

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    Do not call back if you do not recognise the number. Some scam calls ring once and hang up so that you call back a premium rate number.

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    No provider holds this number in Ofcom’s data. Caller ID can be faked, and phone companies are required, where technically feasible, to block calls showing an invalid number. Be wary of any request for money or personal details.

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    If the caller said they were your bank, HMRC, a delivery company or another organisation, hang up and call back on a number from their official website or your statement, never one the caller gave you. The number on your screen can be faked.

  4. 4

    If you think the call was a scam, send the number in a text to 7726. It is free, and your mobile provider can investigate and block the number. From your recent calls, copy the number and paste it into a new text to 7726.

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    Shared bank details or sent money? Contact your bank straight away using the number on the back of your card, or call 159 to be connected to your bank.

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    Lost money or details to a scam: report it to Report Fraud online or on 0300 123 2040 (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). In Scotland, call Police Scotland on 101.

  7. 7

    Unwanted sales calls: register free with the Telephone Preference Service (online or on 0345 070 0707). It tells legitimate marketers not to call you but will not block scam calls. If a company keeps calling, complain to the ICO.

Will it cost me to call back?

The service charge can be anything from 1p to £3.60 a minute, or a one-off charge from 5p to £6, and must be shown wherever the number is advertised.

On top of the service charge, your own phone company adds an access charge, which Ofcom’s guide puts between 8p and 67p a minute depending on the provider.

Charged after calling a number like this? Ofcom’s premium rate service checker tells you who to contact about an unexpected charge on your phone bill.

Typical prices from Ofcom’s guide. Your provider’s price list is what you actually pay.

What this cannot tell you

  • Who is using the number. Ofcom allocates numbers to phone companies in blocks and holds no information on individual numbers or the people and businesses using them.
  • Which network it is on today. People can keep their number when they change provider, so the company that holds the block may no longer be the one serving it.
  • Whether the call really came from this number. The number shown on your phone can be faked.

About this kind of number

098 numbers, and the closed 0908 and 0909 ranges, are set aside for sexual entertainment services charged at premium rates.

Ofcom’s caller ID guidance for phone companies prohibits using 09 numbers as the number shown to the person called.

Ofcom advises not to call back a number you do not recognise, especially one starting 070, 076, 084, 087, 090, 091 or 118: these can be premium rate and run up high call costs.

Read: should you call back?

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