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Missed Call Scam

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Your phone rings once from a foreign number, and then they hang up. The scammers hope you'll call back. The number goes to an expensive premium-rate service, and the longer you stay on the call, the more money goes to the scammers. The scam is sometimes called wangiri, Japanese for "one ring".

Warning signs

  • A missed call from a foreign number you don't recognise.

  • It only rang once, and nobody left a message.

  • If you call back, you're put in a queue, or hear music or a recorded message.

How do you avoid this?

  • Don't call back foreign numbers you don't recognise.
  • If it's important, the person will get in touch again or leave a message.
  • Ask your mobile operator whether you can block calls to premium-rate numbers.

Has this happened to you?

  • Hang up right away.
  • Contact your mobile operator and ask whether you can dispute the charge.
  • Report it to the police at polisen.se or call 114 14.
  • wangiri
  • missed call scam
  • missed call
  • foreign number
  • premium-rate call

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