Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
It appears scammers are making One-Ring or Missed Call scam calls from Lesotho 266 area code telephone numbers, ringing their potential victims' phones once, and then hanging up. One such telephone number is +266 611 096 55. One-Ring or Missed Scam call is a telephone scam where criminals trick potential victims into calling premium-rate numbers. The money collected via the premium pay-per-minute services will be paid over to the scammers unless the scam is detected and shut down by the callers' telephone service provider.
The danger of these scams is not receiving the phone calls, but calling back the premium-rate telephone numbers. Most of the calls reported so far came from this telephone number: +266 611 096 55.
Potential victims receive a missed call on their phones. If they call the number back they will be re-routed to a premium rate number overseas and will be subsequently charged for the expensive call.
The call takes place at night or during working hours, which reduce the chances for the recipients to answer call.
The caller's telephone number displays an unusual international country code
Call only rings once
If you have a missd call from an unknown number, don't call back. If you receive serveral such calls, report it to you phone service provider.
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I have also reciving some scammer number
I was called from that place tonight. Didn't answer. Just area code 266 640 3464.
266 5882 9306, called me once through WhatsApp, I accidentally clicked reply but I hanged up immediately. Should I be worried?
No, you did not send any information, so should be ok.
Thank you for informing us and for the heads up.I've been receiving calls too from below numbers: 26668243 26662371498 26663732617
These are the phone numbers calling me this past few weeks 266 634808047 634005551 635882509 639872830
266 56544194
I always missed calls from 26665018162 scam cell phone number
Me too there were time I got these calls it was everyday and everyday was a new number but same code 266 I was freaked out I was even in distress. Then ot stopped but today I started receiving a missed call again. I googled it and thank God I found this website and understood what to do. And I found out its not only me.
I've been getting 266 different number calls every day x3 for last 2 weeks. Each call I report as scam & write foreign number & block. And still it continues! A different 266 number each time! So sick of this!
Last two'days 3time missed calls from 266 639855725 number...
