On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 11:16 -0500, Kevin Scott wrote: > I'm curious, for a $2511/min call, which +1 number was this? +1900? > > Kevin 809. It was set up as a premium number in that country. While that was an extreme case it did aparently happen back in the 90s sometime. And because the country in question (I forget exactly which one) didnt require it there was no recording at the begining of the call saying that it was a premium number, nor anything saying what the rate was.
Because of the way things ended up the telcos told the company there they had to collect themselves (they didnt) and didnt charge their customers. It was in a few newspapers (I read about it in the NJ Star Ledger at the time, but that may have been an AP story I dont know now, just that was the only paper I read at that time and I know roughly where I lived when I read it, and do recall it was back when I acutally read paper based newspapers). Most of the scammers are smarter than to try something to insane, get a few dollars here and there, so it is a legitimate problem. I have only read one story with that amount, but I would imagine that it goes on far more, just with a $1-2 per minute charge instead ... -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378
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