{"id":60,"date":"2009-03-27T09:07:33","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T13:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/2009\/03\/27\/809-area-code-phone-scam\/"},"modified":"2009-03-27T09:07:33","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T13:07:33","slug":"809-area-code-phone-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/2009\/03\/27\/809-area-code-phone-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"809 Area Code Phone Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:10.5pt;color:#333333;font-family:Arial\">The &#8220;809&#8221; scam has many permutations but they all involve a message to you (either by email, phone or pager) that you immediately call or fax a number in the &#8220;809&#8221; area code or some other area code in the Caribbean. Examples of why you should call or fax the phone number include <strong>avoiding litigation, receiving information about someone who has been arrested or died, winning a wonderful prize, or getting a job<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;809&#8221; area code is in the Caribbean, yet most people are not aware that they are making an international call when they dial the &#8220;809&#8221; area code, since you simply dial 1-809-xxx-xxxx to make the call. No international codes are required. <\/p>\n<p>The problem comes from the fact that some phone numbers in the &#8220;809&#8221; area code are &#8220;pay-per-call&#8221; numbers (such as 900 numbers in the US) &#8211; but there are no legal requirements that callers be informed that they are being charged extra in the Caribbean. When you return one of these &#8220;pay-per-call&#8221; 809 calls, the scamsters try to keep you on the phone as long as possible, and you may be charged very high rates for the call, reportedly up to $25 per minute. <\/p>\n<p>It is difficult to get credit for these charges if you do get scammed since you did make the call, and resolving the problem involves getting credit from international phone companies. <\/p>\n<p>Since there are now many area codes in the Caribbean, this scam is no longer confined to just the 809 area code.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This scam involves a email, phone or pager message to call a number with an 809 area code.&nbsp; Once the call is placed the caller is charged at rates as high as $25.00 per minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11731,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11731"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}