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Papers -Telephone Fraud (ATT.com) Describes the most common forms of phone fraud. Most involve asking you to call an area code and number you do not know. For example, 809, 284 and 876 are area codes in the Caribbean, making them international calls with unregulated charges. Such area codes offer strong possibilities for fraudulent charges simply by placing such calls. To guard against this fraud, do not return calls from unknown area codes. In addition, even 800 calls can be used for "cramming and slamming" to secretly sign you up for services you do not want. "You can guard against both cramming and slamming by reading your phone bill carefully each month. Watch for unfamiliar company names, logos or charges that you don’t understand or don’t remember ordering." You may be asked to dial "a 2-digit code preceded or followed by the * or # key (such as *79 or 72#), and then an 800 number to claim your prize." This can actually forward your phone so that someone else can use your phone to make charges. 6-02 Complaints Against Fraud (Fraud.org) Provides contact information for filing a complaint on fraud. 11-01 Nigerian Money Transfer Fraud (Wikipedia.org) "The Nigerian money transfer fraud, also known as the Nigeria scam or the 419 fraud after the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code, is a fraudulent scheme to extract money from investors living in rich countries such as the US and Europe." 11-27-02

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