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Dealing with phone call spam

 
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Caffeinated



Joined: 11 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:59 am    Post subject: Dealing with phone call spam Reply with quote

18 phone calls so far today (12 in the past half hour) from a mystery number which is showing up on my call display with 15 or 18 digits. Thinking it was possibly a long distance call, I made the mistake of answering it yesterday and there was just silence on the other end, maybe because all I said was "Hello." Is there any way to do reverse lookup for SK numbers?
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Goodgoings



Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Careful here. Some of these scams ring you first with one ring and expect you to call them back so you get charged automatically a large sum of money.
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AsiaESLbound



Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Goodgoings wrote:
Careful here. Some of these scams ring you first with one ring and expect you to call them back so you get charged automatically a large sum of money.


Do they actually allow known scams to continue ringing off the hook? Couldn't a small country like Korea police the networks? I was warned not to answer any number that begins with a certain prefix, but can't remember the prefix. I simply don't answer anything I don't recognize. If it's someone who met me and trying to get in touch with a number I don't recognize, they will text me.
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