Ping calls: When Tanzania asks for callback

Tens of thousands of Germans recently received calls from distant countries. When you call back, you incur high costs. Now the Federal Network agency is doing more to combat this scam.

Ping calls: When Tanzania asks for callback
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    The phone rings. Once ringtone sounds, n re is rest again. Missed a call? No problem, a callback is done quickly. But before that you should check Dieangezeigte number carefully. Because what at first glance looks like Einerdeutschen number can actually lead to distant lands – Empireand at unexpected cost.

    Zehntausendedeutsche mobile phone users have been haunted by so-called ping-calls in recent months. With se lock calls, backers want to provoke expensive recalls. Those who call you often get band announcements, are lured with sweepstakes, erotic announcements, alleged parcels or simply with noise. The goal is to keep callers in line as long as possible. Because calls often cost several euros per minute.

    DieMasche is based on fact that international primaries from distant Ländernleicht can be confused with German primaries. The Vorwahlvon Madagascar 00261 is similar to Koblenz area code 0261. The area code of Liberia 00231 can be confused with Dortmund's 0231 if you don't look closely.

    From January price notes for calls to conspicuous countries

    Since October number of ping-calls has risen, writes federal Network Agency. This can also be verwendeterNummern in a list that has been extended almost daily, especially in November. In October, 30,000 complaints were received by Authority, and in November anor 20,000. Previously it was only 15,000 between January and September.

    DieBundesnetzagentur has responded. On one hand, re are bereitsbestehende accounting and Inkassierungsverbote. Calls for connections in aforementioned list of authorities may not be settled by DenMobilfunkanbietern.

    From January 15, 2018, providers will have to take anor action. Dannmüssen you warn your customers with free price announcements when se callers make 22 for lock calls conspicuous countries. These include AnderemBurundi, Morocco, Chad and Maldives, but also European countries wieSerbien, Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

    "We Damitmachen illegal business model economically unattractive," said Jochen Homann, president of Federal Network Agency. Consumers could still hang up after warning without incurring any costs.

    Date Of Update: 06 December 2017, 12:04
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