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500=700=900=809????
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Friday, April 12th, 1996
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No, this is not some warped mathematical equation. Most people know that
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900 numbers are pay-per-call numbers. Did you know that 500 and 700
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numbers are also pay-per-call? If you call a number with a 500 or 700 code
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in the US you're going to get billed for it like any 900 number. Even more
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scary, 809 is an international long distance call to the Caribbean.
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Companies are using these numbers as pay-per-call to get around regulations
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and 900 block. These companies get rebates from their foreign phone
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companies for these calls. In this way they get paid, but they don't have
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to obey US 900# regulations. These regulations require them to warn you of
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the charge and rate involved, and also to provide a time period during
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which you may terminate the call without charge. Many people are reporting
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getting messages on their answering machines telling them that it is urgent
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they call a number beginning with 809. They then call the number only to
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hear a long recorded message and they later find a ridiculous sum of money
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charged to their phone bill. If you get a message on your machine and you
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don't know the person, don't call if it's not in your area code. If you
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feel you must call, at least check with the phone company for the
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applicable rates before you call. Just because you don't know it's a
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pay-per-call number doesn't mean that you won't get charged for it.
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Remember, if the call is that important, they'll call back.
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Log on the WebSite at http://www.fraud.org, or call 1-800-876-7060.
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If you spot obviously illegal operations on the E-Ways, please
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forward copies of the messages to NFIC at fraudinfo@psinet.com.
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+=======================================================================+
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|| The above message is auto-posted at regular intervals as a public ||
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|| service by the BIZynet(tm) international business network. ||
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|| For Information contact: Fred Coles or Chris Gunn ||
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|| fcoles@bizynet.com cgunn@bizynet.com ||
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