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The 12 most common scam phone numbers. Below are the 12 phone numbers and what victims commonly report they receive from them: (865) 630-4266 - Victims reported receiving a text warning...
The top five most frequently reported types of spam calls from area code 209 are Auto Warranty calls, making up 10.78% of complaints, followed by Medicare Medicaid calls at 8.58%, Health Insurance calls at 8.09%, Credit Card Debt calls at 5.15%, and Mortgage Loans calls at 5.39%.
Area code 209 IRS scam involves a caller trying to pretend that they are calling from the IRS and ask the recipient for some personal details. Once the identity is verified, IRS scammers then proceed to threaten the caller with arrest if some payment is not made as part of settlement.
More than 300 area codes exist in the United States alone which is a target-rich environment for phone scammers. The good news is that scam callers will often show up under common area codes for incoming calls. Here are 19 area codes you should never answer if you don’t know who’s on the other end.
You could be a potential victim of the growing "one-ring” cell phone scam. Here’s how it works: Scammers are using auto-dialers to call cell phone numbers across the country. Scammers let the phone ring once — just enough for a missed call message to pop up.
It’s not because there are more scammers in D.C. – it’s because scammers like to spoof the 202 area code to make it seem like they’re calling from government agencies, like the IRS or Health...
Spammers and con artists use this so-called "neighbor-spoofing" scam to persuade recipients to answer the phone when they otherwise might ignore the call.
Cody Rhew. Intern, Division of Consumer and Business Education. September 2, 2022. Scams affect everyone. And we mean everyone — your family, friends, and neighbors. Don’t believe us? Look at the data. Find consumer protection data from the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network over at ftc.gov/exploredata.
Many people fall victim to phone scams when they are receiving calls from people who appear to live in their area. Most of us know to avoid 800 numbers on our cell phones. But with more frequency every day, scammers are using “phone spoofing” to gain immediate trust.
The 809 or 473-scam essentially attempts to get victims to call certain international phone numbers that appear to be domestic in order to use the person's phone carrier to pass through pay-per-minute and connection charges, similarly to the 1-900 numbers that used to advertise heavily on late night TV until the internet came along and all but ...