Federal regulators are warning consumers that they shouldn’t return anonymous phone calls because of a “one-ring” robocall scheme that’s affecting parts of the United States. The Federal Communications Commission released an advisory on Friday about these robocalls in which scammers let people’s phones ring once or twice before the call hangs up. When people do call back, they’re connected with a 900 number that charges per-minute fees. Most recently, residents in some New York and Arizona area codes have been hit, usually late at night and with calls using the “222” country code for Mauritania, according to the FCC. Robocallers can spoof their phone numbers to hide exactly where they’re coming from, so the 222 area code does not necessarily mean the calls are coming from that West African nation.

Source: Huffington Post May 07, 2019 00:45 UTC