[chance33_98]

Just an FYI

[martin_fierro]

For all those who ever wondered, "Just what area IS that area code for?"

[blabs]

"Since numbers located offshore are not subject to U.S. laws, there are no legal requirements that consumers be informed in advance of the extra charge. "

The same goes for paying your bill! If you ever get raped by overseas long distance charges, simply ask your telephone service provider to separate the long distance charges from the telephone bill, and have the offending company bill you for the LD charges directly

Works great!

[BJClinton]

264, 268, 242, 246, 441, 284, 345, 767, 809,473, 879, 664, 869, 758, 784, 868, 649 and 340 are Caribbean area codes as well. Although the US Virgin Islands(340) I believe has to live under the auspices of the FCC so I think that one is okay. But most of the pseudo-fraud I've dealt with have been with the 809, 284 and 876 area codes. I've seen some really sad cases of teenage boys taking their parents cell phones and calling adult chat lines and running up $30,000 or more in a month on a single line.

[js1138]

Here's a helpful tip for cell phone users, form my son who had his phone cloned in NYC.

Navigate to the System menu on your cell phone and change it from automatic to manual (or digital only). If you are in a big city and get in the shadow of a building, your phone might otherwise switch from digital to analog. If you place a call or answer one while it is on analog, you stand a good chance of being scanned and cloned.In my son's case, the cloners racked up 60 hours of overseas long distance before fraud detection kicked in and shut off the service.