{"id":5544,"date":"2023-02-04T05:43:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T05:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=5544"},"modified":"2023-02-04T13:03:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T13:03:10","slug":"one-ring-scam-what-you-should-and-should-not-worry-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/one-ring-scam-what-you-should-and-should-not-worry-about\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Ring Scam: What Should You Be Worried About & What Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Various scammers and criminals use several tactics to defraud individuals and steal their information. As mobile phones are an integral part of most, these devices often get targeted in such planned attacks, which can be in the form of unsolicited calls, texts, voicemails, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence, many advisory messages get circulated informing the public to beware of phone scams and their modes of operation. Unfortunately, while it’s essential to be cautious about the latest scams, some posts are created with fabricated narratives, as we found out with the below viral post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Media Posts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A Facebook post claimed that if you receive calls from certain types of numbers with international codes and ring only once, it indicates an attempt at one ring scam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The posts say that if you call back any of such numbers, the scammers could copy your contact list within 3 seconds, along with confidential information such as bank credit cards, etc., if they were stored in the phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Facebook posts cite another mobile scam, which gets activated when the victim presses 90 or #09, enabling the scammer to access the SIM card information <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apart from the recent post above, we found that this claim has been circulating on social media circles for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many users thanked the post’s owner for sharing this valuable information. Anyway, is it possible to collect your data through a voice call? Let’s find out the facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fact-Check<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When investigating the first part of the viral message, we came across the term “One-Ring Scam,” a telecommunication fraud targeting mobile phone users globally.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is One-Ring-Scam?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It involves receiving a missed call from a foreign number; when an unsuspecting recipient calls back the same number, they are charged a premium fee, often in the form of an international call charge or a subscription to a premium service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the time, these scammers try to increase the call time by connecting the return call without answering and using tactics such as playing a recorded message on some calls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a pre-paid mobile service is available, the call could get disconnected due to a lack of balance. On the other hand, if you use a postpaid service, you may unknowingly add many call charges to your bill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Tesh’s<\/a>\u00a0Facebook Page has explained the “One-Ring Scam” in the below video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n