Wait, 800 numbers by definition charge the owner of the number ... • Aaron Parecki

PhotoJoseph https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Sep 3
That’s a new scam. I got this voicemail. Looked up the number and it didn’t show up as anything, so I called back anyway. “Party line”. Probably charged me $20 per minute for the three seconds I was one. Damnit.

Wait, 800 numbers by definition charge the owner of the number not the caller. What happened now?

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Fri, Sep 2, 2022 10:34pm -07:00

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- PhotoJoseph
Have you written a response to this? Let me know the URL:
- PhotoJoseph twitter.com/photojoseph
  
  Ahh that makes sense. Got it.
  
  Sat, Sep 3, 2022 10:44pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  Right so this isn't a voicemail based scam, it was just an accident that it left a voicemail then
  
  Sat, Sep 3, 2022 10:14pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- ohkay google... 🙄 twitter.com/pressreset
  
  If you pick up the phone when they call, you're not connected to the 800#. You're connected to whatever number they called from. That's an autocaller script. Once you press 1 or 2 or whatever, it forwards you to the person who is doing the actual scam via VOIP.
  
  Sat, Sep 3, 2022 9:33pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- ohkay google... 🙄 twitter.com/pressreset
  
  Caller ID spoofing. The call didn't originate from that number. They just spoofed an 800 number because it seems valid if you see it on your caller ID.
  
  Sat, Sep 3, 2022 9:32pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- PhotoJoseph twitter.com/photojoseph
  
  Oh right. Hmm. When I called it was some kind of party line. Sexy voice said something like “gentlemen, would you like…” so I assumed it was some kind of party line. But yeah, 800 numbers are free to the caller. So what’s the point of this scam? So weird.
  
  Sat, Sep 3, 2022 10:42am +00:00 (via brid.gy)

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