EYEWITNESS LOCAL NEWS from Eyewitness News Online Consumers Warned Of One Ring Phone Scam Reported: Feb. 8, 2014 11:34 PM EST Updated: Feb. 9, 2014 12:14 AM EST EYEWITNESS NEWS ONLINE WEBCAST VIDEO More Sharing Services News Image CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Dave Benton) -- Unuthorized fees could be placed on wireless accounts if you return a call you couldnt answer. The Better Business Bureau and others are calling it the one-ring scam. If your phone rings only once, you might want to check the number before you call back. What happens: You return a call you missed on your phone, and youre hit with unauthorized fee. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Is making efforts to alert the public to the scam. “This is terrible, and actually worse than weve seen in a while,” Morrisey said. “In West Virginia, Ohio and Ky.- across the country. Its critical people dont call these scammers back. Otherwise, you could see huge charges on your phone bill.” In the scam, a person, often located overseas, calls a number and then hangs up after the first ring. If a consumer calls back theyre charged for making an international call as well as other hidden fees. The calls seem to be coming from Caribbean countries, such as Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica, Grenada and other island nations using area codes such as 268, 876 or 473. But calls also may be from domestic numbers. Your bill could include charges that are added to your telephone bill every month without a clear explanation of the services provided, such as a monthly fee or minimum monthly usage fee; and charges for an authorized service, but you were misled about its actual cost.
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