Comments on: New Scam, Back Again

By: dei

dei — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:47:55 +0000

347 area code is actually in the US – Bronx, Queens, that area. May have been some other tpe of scan but not the “international dialing” kind.

By: andy

andy — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:50:52 +0000

I think I ran across something similar. I had over 20 text message from a 347 area code today. Not sure if it will cost me $ but the were persistant with wanting to text. I did reply 3 times…. after I called it a scam I have not received anymore text messages.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:48 +0000

Fortunately, you won’t get high (phone bills) off of this one. It’s almost completely a hoax. Although there have been a handful of reports of this, there is no evidence that anyone ever received an unexpected phone bill as a result (they are already expecting to pay long distance charges, so the $.25/minute of the call isn’t surprising). Full debunking of the hoax can be found at http://www.wherecall.com/809.htm .

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By: Fred Posner

Fred Posner — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:52:09 +0000

@NerdUno http://www.voiptechchat.com/tech/347/new-scam-back-again/ contains the full FCC complaint about the scam.

By: maxim

maxim — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:30:21 +0000

To me this is a problem with the NANPA dialing plan. There should be a special prefix to make an international outgoing call e.g. 011-1-809…

Then again this is like a PC user opening an “.exe” attachment in their e-mail and then finds out his PC got infected with a virus.

By: Fred Posner

Fred Posner — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:26:24 +0000

blogged: New Scam, Back Again to VoIP Tech Chat. http://www.voiptechchat.com/tech/347/new-scam-back-again/