Crime Authority Issues ‘One Ring’ Phone Scam Warning

  • 30 Jan 2019 11:57 AM
Crime Authority Issues ‘One Ring’ Phone Scam Warning
People in Hungary may fall victim to an international phone scam conducted by criminal gangs, the communications director of the National Crime Prevention Council told public media.

A call is placed from a phone number with a three-digit international area code and disconnects after one ring, László Garamvölgyi said.

Users are then charged an exorbitant fee if they call the number back.

The scammers usually use a number with a 200 international dialling code, Garamvölgyi said, noting that up to 12,000 such calls are made per day.

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