Beware of this scam, “Ring and Run” telephone scams Summary There is a growing trend in scammers calling cell phones from numbers which appear to be domestic, but are not. Your phone may just ring once, or long enough for you to pick up and hear what sounds like a groan from the other end of the call. The intent is to get you to call back to the premium (and often international) number the call came from. Details The number will look like a domestic number, but there are several “area codes” which are actually international calls. 242- Bahamas 441 – Bermuda 784 - St. Vincent & Grenadines 246 – Barbados 473 – Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique 809, 829, 849 – Dominican Republic 264 – Anguilla 649 – Turks and Caicos 868 - Trinidad and Tobago 268 – Antigua 664 – Montserrat 876 – Jamaica 284 – British Virgin Islands 758 – St Lucia 869 - St. Kitts & Nevis 345 – Cayman Islands 767 – Dominica Calls from these area codes (as well as 900 numbers) should not be returned unless you know for a fact that somebody would be calling you from the location. Please exercise the same caution you would when receiving an email from an unknown source when you receive a phone call from an unknown source. The goal of these communications is to get money or personal information (which can be turned into money).
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:57:11 +0000
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