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Misleading Warning about Missed Calls From +375 and +371 Numbers Outline – Hoax-Slayer

This story was first published on September 7, 2012

Outline

Message circulating via SMS, social media and email warns you not to return missed calls from numbers starting with +375 or +371 because you will be charged between $15 and $30 for each returned call and your contact list and financial information will be instantly stolen from your phone.  




Brief Analysis

There are elements of truth to the warning but the information it contains is nevertheless highly misleading and inaccurate. Reports indicate that many people have been caught by a scam in which they were charged international call fees for returning a missed call from +375 or +371 phone numbers. However, this fee was reportedly much less than $15. Moreover, the claim that simply returning the calls can result in personal data being instantly stolen from the user’s phone is nonsense. It is not possible for information to be stolen from a phone in the way described.

Example

Subject: IMPORTANT – missed calls
Missed +375 calls

People have been receiving calls from +375602605281, +37127913091 or any number starting with a +375, or +371 number.

One ring and they hang up, leaving a missed call message. . If you call back it’s one of those numbers that are charged $15-$30 & they can copy your contact list in 3 sec. If you have bank or credit card details on your phone, they can copy that too. +375 is from Belarus and Afghanistan.. 371 is code for Latvia…

Don’t answer or call back.

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