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Warning: An Old Cell Phone Scam Is Back<\/h1>\nWarning: An Old Cell Phone Scam Is Back<\/h1>\nAn old cell phone scam is back – and it’s bigger than ever. \u00a0\u00a0Scammers using \u00a0auto-dialers, dial hundreds of thousands of cell phone numbers. They use 3-digit area codes that look like U. S. area codes, but they’re not. The idea of the scam is to get the victim to call the number back and keep them on the phone as long as possible in order to rack-up per-minute, commercial charges – similar to the way the old 900 numbers work. Back in the day of the 900 number callers charge per minute rates to for various kinds of calling services such as \u00a0astrologer \u00a0and party lines.<\/p>\n
The three-year-old “One-ring scam” has been joined by two new scams. According to Inc.com<\/a>, there are now three versions of the original scam.<\/p>\n According to the Federal Trade Commission<\/a>, scammers use auto-dialers to call cell hundreds of thousands of random cell phone numbers across the United States and let the phone ring just one time\u00a0before disconnecting the call.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is no danger in getting the call, the danger in calling or texting back can end up costing you a lot of money.<\/p>\n The area codes used by the scammers look like typical 3-digit U. S. area codes. \u00a0but are actually international area codes and with commercial \u00a0premium phone numbers. Not only do victims have to pay the basic international calling rate, but also incur minimum or per-minute charges for every minute they’re on the phone. Sometimes, when people call these scammers back, the scammers put them on hold, even play “hold” music in an attempt to rack up more minutes — and more money.<\/p>\n Some of the area codes that have been linked to the one ring scam (and its variations) include: 268, 284, 473, 664, 649, 767, 809, 829, 849 and 876.<\/p>\n The U. S. Federal Trade Commission<\/a> summed up the original one-ring scam this way:<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how it works: Scammers are using auto-dialers to call cell phone numbers across the country. Scammers let the phone ring once \u2014 just enough for a missed call message to pop up.<\/p>\n The scammers hope you\u2019ll call back, either because you believe a legitimate call was cut off, or you will be curious about who called. If you do, chances are you\u2019ll hear something like, \u201cHello. You\u2019ve reached the operator, please hold.\u201d All the while, you\u2019re getting slammed with some hefty charges \u2014 a per-minute charge on top of an international rate. The calls are from phone numbers with three-digit area codes that look like they\u2019re from inside the U.S., but actually are associated with international phone numbers \u2014 often in the Caribbean. The area codes include: 268, 284, 473, 664, 649, 767, 809, 829, 849 and 876.<\/p>\n If you get a call like this, don\u2019t pick it up and don\u2019t call the number back. There\u2019s no danger in getting the call: the danger is in calling back and racking up a whopping bill.<\/p>\n If you’re tempted to call back, do yourself a favor and check the number through online directories first. They can tell you where the phone number is registered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As the FTC reminds us \u00a0– this \u00a0one-ring phone scam can ding your wallet. If you get calls like any of the ones described above, you are in no danger of being charged anything unless you call the number back. \u00a0We wanted you to \u00a0be aware of that the “one-ring” cell phone scam is back. \u00a0Don’t let your curiosity get the best of you: Don’t call these scammers back. If you do, you could end up losing money.<\/p>\n We don’t want you to get scammed, we tells ya!<\/p>\n Warning: An Old Cell Phone Scam Is Back An old cell phone scam is back – and it’s bigger than ever. \u00a0\u00a0Scammers using \u00a0auto-dialers, dial hundreds of thousands of cell phone numbers. They use 3-digit area codes that look like U. S. area codes, but they’re not. The idea of the scam is to get the victim to\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1680],"tags":[1808,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13430,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13428\/revisions\/13430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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