International Telephone Fraud
This is a
fraud that encourages consumers to call an international telephone number that
will be charged at premium rates.
The scam
artists send unsolicited emails to consumers with confirmation of a large
purchase that will be billed to their credit card. The consumer can only cancel
the order by calling the number quoted.
This number is
an international telephone number that will be billed at premium rates. The
consumer will then call the number as they have not, of course, made any such
purchase that is claimed in the email. Alternatively a message will be left
on a telephone answering machine advising that the caller has an urgent message
following an accident.
Prevention
Always check
the STD code charges before you return a phone call from an unknown party.
If the number
has been supplied in an unsolicited email, do not make the call – the sender is
unlikely to know your credit card details and you can always dispute any
fraudulent charges with your card issuer. If you have not ordered any goods why
should you possibly call to cancel? By the same token, if a relative has had an
accident you will not be informed by anonymous telephone call.......
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