If you read our articles regularly, you know that there are thousands of ways to do this.scam people out of money. The most sophisticated are callingartificial intelligence creating deepfakes of your colleagues during a fake video meeting, but it’s not worth going that far. Sometimes you just need to use the good old method. premium rate calling. It can take a variety of forms, but it follows the same general process.
Your mobile phone rings to notify you that you have received a message SMS or a foreign message on your answering machine You didn’t hear a single call while taking the oath. In both cases, a text or sound presents itself as follows: someone you might want to contact like one employee of your bank where representative of any company. The content is deliberately vague. you should Call back a number you don’t know immediately Negative Get a gift to solve a problem with your account… Other than that everything is fake.
How to check if a phone number is a premium plan scam
If you are unfortunate enough to call back, the scam will be triggered: This number is the premium fee and purpose keeping you online for as long as possible. Sometimes through a bot that launches into a long monologue asking you to wait, or sometimes through a very human scammer asking you not to hang up. by threatening you. No matter how long it takes you to realize this, the next cell phone bill you get will be a hefty one.
To prevent this, there is a free online service set up by the government. By going to the site surmafacture.frYou will access a page where you can. enter the number you want to call back. You can do this as a preventative measure, but unfortunately also when you’ve already been billed for the reminder. Remember this: mobile phone numbersTHE 10 digit geographical numbers (starting with 01, 02, 03, 04 or 05) and international numbers not supported by the service. Generally, Never call back a number you don’t know and what seems suspicious to you is still the most effective protection.
💬 An SMS asking you to urgently call your bank or come and buy a gift? Be careful, these are often traps with premium rate figures. My only reflex is to find the number I am asked to call back 👉 pic.twitter.com/CSqk0KmBlg
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