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- 500=700=900=809????
- Friday, April 12th, 1996
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- No, this is not some warped mathematical equation. Most people know that
- 900 numbers are pay-per-call numbers. Did you know that 500 and 700
- numbers are also pay-per-call? If you call a number with a 500 or 700 code
- in the US you're going to get billed for it like any 900 number. Even more
- scary, 809 is an international long distance call to the Caribbean.
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- Companies are using these numbers as pay-per-call to get around regulations
- and 900 block. These companies get rebates from their foreign phone
- companies for these calls. In this way they get paid, but they don't have
- to obey US 900# regulations. These regulations require them to warn you of
- the charge and rate involved, and also to provide a time period during
- which you may terminate the call without charge. Many people are reporting
- getting messages on their answering machines telling them that it is urgent
- they call a number beginning with 809. They then call the number only to
- hear a long recorded message and they later find a ridiculous sum of money
- charged to their phone bill. If you get a message on your machine and you
- don't know the person, don't call if it's not in your area code. If you
- feel you must call, at least check with the phone company for the
- applicable rates before you call. Just because you don't know it's a
- pay-per-call number doesn't mean that you won't get charged for it.
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- Remember, if the call is that important, they'll call back.
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- Log on the WebSite at http://www.fraud.org, or call 1-800-876-7060.
- If you spot obviously illegal operations on the E-Ways, please
- forward copies of the messages to NFIC at fraudinfo@psinet.com.
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