Re: The weird scam call
  By: Mike Powell to ARELOR on Wed Jul 17 2024 10:49 am

 > Could be.  There used to be some funny scam here in the states where they'd
 > get you to call a number and then somehow make money from you simply calling
 > that number.  I never understood how that worked, since they wouldn't have
 > your account info, unless they were making the money via your phone bill,
 > with the phone company being the middle man in the transaction.

I asked some people around here and it seems there are subscription services
that are activated via phone. Stuff like "Phone +99 999 99 99 99 and you will
get an SMS with the most important headlines every week." They charge you via
phone bill. I think it is a plausible theory.

Still, I think it was a bit too targetted of a call to be about such a petty
scam.


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