-Caveat Lector-
<< After the main course (A/C 809), save room for the dessert
(at bottom). >>
SCAM - DO NOT EVER DIAL AREA CODE 809:
Don't Respond To Emails, Phone Calls, Or Pages
Which Tell You To Call An
"809" Phone Number.
This is a very important issue of Internet ScamBusters because
it alerts you to a scam that is: - spreading *extremely* quickly
- can easily cost you $100 or more, and - is difficult to avoid
unless you are aware of it.
There are lots of different permutations of this scam, but here
is how it works:
Permutation #1: Internet Based Phone Scam Via Email.
You receive an email, typically with a subject line of
"*ALERT*" or "Unpaid account." The message, which is being
scammed across the net, says: I am writing to give you a final
24hrs to settle your outstanding account.. If I have not
received the settlement in full, I will commence legal
proceedings without further delay. If you would like to discuss
this matter to avoid court action, call Mike Murray at Global
Communications on +1 809 496 - 2700.
Permutation #2: Phone Or Pager Scam:
You receive a message on your answering machine or your pager
which asks you to call a number beginning with area code 809.
The reason you're asked to call varies: it can be to receive
information about a family member who has been ill, to tell you
someone has been arrested, died, to let you know you have won a
wonderful prize, etc. In each case, you're told to call the 809
number right away.
Since there are so many new area codes these days, people
unknowingly return these calls. If you call from the US, you
will apparently be charged $25 per-minute! Sometimes the
person who answers the phone will speak broken English and
pretend not to understand you. Other times, you'll just get a
long recorded message. The point is, they will try to keep you
on the phone as long as possible to increase the charges.
Unfortunately, when you get your phone bill, you'll often be
charged more than $100.00.
Here's why it works:
The 809 area code is located in the British Virgin Islands (the
Bahamas). The 809 area code can be used as a "pay-per-call"
number, similar to 900 numbers in the US. Since 809 is not in
the US, it is not covered by US regulations of 900 numbers,
which require that you be notified and warned of charges and
rates involved when you call a "pay-per-call" number. There is
also no requirement that the company provide a time period
during which you may terminate the call without being charged.
Further, whereas many US phones have 900 number blocking to
avoid these kinds of charges, 900 number blocking will not
prevent calls to the 809 area code. We recommend that no matter
how you get the message, if you are asked to call a number with
an 809 area code that you don't recognize, investigate further
and/or disregard the message. Be *very* wary of email or calls
asking you to call an 809 area code number.
It's important to prevent becoming a victim of this scam, since
trying to fight the charges afterwards can become a real
nightmare. That's because you did actually make the call. If
you complain, both our local phone company and your long
distance carrier will not want to get involved and will most
likely tell you that they are simply providing the billing for
the foreign company. You'll end up dealing with a
foreign company that argues they have done nothing wrong.
Pease forward this entire issue of Internet ScamBusters! to your
friends, family and colleagues to help them become aware of
this scam so they don't get ripped off.
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>From emporium.turnpike.net/P/ProRev/indexa.htm
OKA UnderNews
Aug 20
WORD
If a youthful George W. Bush had been tried according to George
W. Bush's own unforgiving drug policy, he might well has been
sent away to a maximum security prison for anywhere from ten
years to life. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are now doing
hard time around the country -- for stays measured in decades if
not entire life-spans -- because of their youthful dabblings in
the white stuff. -- Mark Anderson, Jan Jose Metro
BATTLE OF THE EPIGONS
Wonder whether what has GWB really worried are reports of a
videotape that allegedly shows him along with his brother Jeb at
a certain Florida airport in the 1980s engaged in a certain
youthfully indiscreet transaction after meeting a plane that
just flew in from Mena, Arkansas?
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