Did You Get A Call from a +375 number? Do Not Respond !
SMSs telling users they have won lottery and need to respond with personal details by e-mail are common , but over last few days people are getting calls / missed calls from international numbers .
Most of the customers are getting missed calls from international numbers starting with +375 code .
The rumor that is spreading after these calls is that user's contacts and bank / credit card details are stolen if present on the phone . According to Mid-Day , a message has been circulating around on the BlackBerry Messenger, WhatsApp and Facebook, which reads - “Guys, please take this very seriously. People have been receiving calls from a +375 number and disconnecting after a single ring. If you call back, it’s one of those numbers that you will be charged $15-30 and they will copy your contact list within three seconds and if you have your bank or credit card details, they will copy that too. Don’t pick up these calls.â€
Sometimes users get missed calls from these numbers with one or two rings , when users panic and call back , they are told that they have won lottery / prize and asked personal details or asked to pay commission to receive the prize . While the users are engaged in the conversation , their balance keeps getting deducted by as much as 45-200 Rs/min . The same thing happened with me when i got a call from international number starting with +23x and balance , Rs 200 Balance being deducted for less than 2 mins on Idea Cellular . When reported to customer care rep , i was told that its number from some Server and charged at premium rate call .
Some more posts from our forum members -
Mid-Day quotes , Vijay Mukhi, an IT expert, said, “It is impossible to copy someone’s contacts and bank details from a phone, without hacking into it. It is an old scam under the Priority Payment Number a computer program dials as many series of numbers as possible. There is one ring for giving a missed call. We believe it to be an international number and call back following which the service provider charges the caller for making an international call. The money thus charged is then paid to the company owning the number by the service provider. A portion of this money is then paid to the scammer by the company. So, the only advice is to never call back.â€
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SMSs telling users they have won lottery and need to respond with personal details by e-mail are common , but over last few days people are getting calls / missed calls from international numbers .
Most of the customers are getting missed calls from international numbers starting with +375 code .
The rumor that is spreading after these calls is that user's contacts and bank / credit card details are stolen if present on the phone . According to Mid-Day , a message has been circulating around on the BlackBerry Messenger, WhatsApp and Facebook, which reads - “Guys, please take this very seriously. People have been receiving calls from a +375 number and disconnecting after a single ring. If you call back, it’s one of those numbers that you will be charged $15-30 and they will copy your contact list within three seconds and if you have your bank or credit card details, they will copy that too. Don’t pick up these calls.â€
Sometimes users get missed calls from these numbers with one or two rings , when users panic and call back , they are told that they have won lottery / prize and asked personal details or asked to pay commission to receive the prize . While the users are engaged in the conversation , their balance keeps getting deducted by as much as 45-200 Rs/min . The same thing happened with me when i got a call from international number starting with +23x and balance , Rs 200 Balance being deducted for less than 2 mins on Idea Cellular . When reported to customer care rep , i was told that its number from some Server and charged at premium rate call .
Some more posts from our forum members -
Mid-Day quotes , Vijay Mukhi, an IT expert, said, “It is impossible to copy someone’s contacts and bank details from a phone, without hacking into it. It is an old scam under the Priority Payment Number a computer program dials as many series of numbers as possible. There is one ring for giving a missed call. We believe it to be an international number and call back following which the service provider charges the caller for making an international call. The money thus charged is then paid to the company owning the number by the service provider. A portion of this money is then paid to the scammer by the company. So, the only advice is to never call back.â€
Further discussion In Our Forums - Missed call from a strange no starting with +37*********