said by rusty doherty : does anyone know how much it cost to phone this 08443574540 number from Ireland ?
Rusty, I am not sure what the rates from Ireland to UK 0844 numbers are.
According to BT's price list the call is ~ 5p per minute (inclusive of VAT) and may also have a 6p origination charge. That is for calls to 0844 numbers originating from within the UK. For a rough estimate, I would add that to the existing price of normal calls from Ireland to the UK.
The relatively new 0844 services have varying charges which are defined according to the the 3 digits after the 0844, as per above price list. The person calling 0844 numbers pays for the total cost of the call (there is no charge to the receiver, a sort of reverse version of Toll Free, or Freephone).
Scammers & Fraudsters love such services, as they do not pay any per minute cost for the calls. Plus the call can be routed to any secondary number around the globe. That enables them to project themselves as being in the UK, but could be anywhere.
MGD