Beware Of Call Forwarding Scheme
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These days you have to be careful with just about everything you do. Law Enforcement officials
are warning cell phone users to be on the lookout for scammers asking them to use a *72 prefix
on their mobile phones.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says: “Star-72 is a custom call-forwarding feature. When a customer dials *72 followed by a telephone number, it activates the call-forwarding feature causing all their incoming calls to ring to the number dialed after *72. The scammer is then able to accept all collect or third-party calls on the customer’s number while telling legitimate callers that they have the wrong number. The customer will get charged for all calls that the scammer accepts on the forwarded number.”
This allows the scammer to access personal information stored on a mobile phone, including their mobile phone number and numbers of people that they call. So if someone calls you out of the blue and asks to dial *72, don’t do it and save yourself a lot of time, hassle and cash.
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