Subj : Re: The weird scam call
To   : Mike Powell
From : Digimaus
Date : Thu Jul 18 2024 21:37:35

-=> Mike Powell wrote to ARELOR <=-

 MP> Could be.  There used to be some funny scam here in the states where
 MP> they'd get you to call a number and then somehow make money from you
 MP> simply calling that number.  I never understood how that worked, since
 MP> they wouldn't have your account info, unless they were making the money
 MP> via your phone bill, with the phone company being the middle man in the
 MP> transaction.

Some international numbers will do a reverse charge scam and charge you $40 for
a 10-second call.  Old-fashioned now in the US but internationally it might
still work.

-- Sean

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