If You Get a Call From a 473 Area Code, Its Probably a Scam

[HAB911]

http://mentalfloss.com/article/93175/if-you-get-call-473-area-code-its-probably-scam

There’s a good reason not to pick up the phone when a number from an unfamiliar area code calls: It might be a scammer, and it could cost you a chunk of money.

Some relatively common phone scams can be identified by the area code they come from, Joseph Steinberg writes for Inc. Unless you know someone from the Caribbean who would be calling you, numbers that start with 473 or other area codes from Caribbean islands are likely to have a scam artist on the other end of the line. That’s because Caribbean phone numbers use the same country code (+1) as the U.S., so the numbers look domestic even though they’re international calls.

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242: Bahamas
441: Bermuda
784: St. Vincent and Grenadines
246: Barbados
473: Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique
809, 829, and 849: Dominican Republic
264: Anguilla
649: Turks and Caicos
868: Trinidad and Tobago
268: Antigua
664: Montserrat
876: Jamaica
284: British Virgin Islands
721: Sint Maarten
758: St. Lucia
869: St. Kitts and Nevis
345: Cayman Islands
767: Dominica

[nocalflea]

1. Thanks for the heads up.

[Kimchijeon]

2. Thanks for posting this

Although there's lots of them that spoof domestic US area codes and numbers I have noticed. I've gotten quite a few that spoof my own area code for example.

Makes good sense to be wary!

[warmfeet]

3. Bottom line,

if you don't know the number, it may be a scam.