what wont people do these days??!!

[SPANISH-RICE]

Damn sounds legit, someone call the number at the bottom and ask for more info

[SPANISH-RICE]

I guess this scams been going on since like 96, and the charges are more like 25 dollars a minute. And most area 809 area codes are legit

[SmitEvo]

Wouldnt you have to dial a different country code?

[Afsil80]

SmitEvo;238306 wrote:
Wouldnt you have to dial a different country code?

That's what I would think...

[Parker]

what if you call from one of those pay per minute phones?..... lol

[SPANISH-RICE]

SmitEvo;238306 wrote:
Wouldnt you have to dial a different country code?

The "809" area code is in the Caribbean, yet most people are not aware that they are making an international call when they dial the "809" area code, since you simply dial 1-809-xxx-xxxx to make the call. No international codes are required.

The problem comes from the fact that some phone numbers in the "809" area code are "pay-per-call" numbers (such as 900 numbers in the US) - but there are no legal requirements that callers be informed that they are being charged extra in the Caribbean. When you return one of these "pay-per-call" 809 calls, the scamsters try to keep you on the phone as long as possible, and you may be charged very high rates for the call, reportedly up to $25 per minute.

taken from scambusters.com

[legacy-user-532]

Parker;238423 wrote:
what if you call from one of those pay per minute phones?..... lol

Thats a good question.

[MisterCMK]

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/809.asp

[legacy-user-532]

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=6045

You dont have to click on it, it is the at&t site and it basically says that if this happens to you, they will help you solve the problem and deal with the fraudulent callers and/or phone companies.

[Slowica]

reminds me about what happened at whapeton a few years ago. coach gave one of the athletes a school calling card and in a few months the student racked up somewhere around 80k in phone charges