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Area code 809 scam



A faculty member at Texas A&M has distributed around camus an alert warning folks about getting an emegency message on your voice mail or answering machine asking you to call a number with an 809 area code.  The message varies from a relative being ill, a death in the family, or your winning a huge prize but does not give any specifics.  You are urged to return the call as soon as possible.
The scam is that 809 is not a U. S. area code but is in the British Virgin Islands  and is similar to the 900 numbers for which the caller has to pay.  In this case, however, the charge is $2425 per minute!! and it shows up on your local phone bill. Your phone company cannot do anything about it as foreign companies are not subject to U.S. regulations.

Have any of you heard anything about this?  Is it real or is it one of those urban legends?




Charles R. Schultz, CA
Professor and Clements Archivist
Cushing Library
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77843-5000
c-schultz@tamu.edu
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FAX 979-845-1441

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