Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc.
Another scam has been discovered that is targeting our tendency to return missed calls. The new scam is called the “one ring” cell phone scam. Scammers call your cell phone number and only let it ring once, showing that you have a missed call. You either immediately see it, or notice the missed call later, and call the number back. However, you are calling a number that is in another country, that can result in fees to your phone bill in the neighborhood of $1.99 per minute.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has identified ten particular area codes that you should avoid calling unintentionally. They are: 268, 284, 473, 664, 649, 767, 809, 829, and 876. These numbers are for locations such as Jamaica, Antigua and the Dominican Republic.