What are the five area codes you should never answer?
Security experts and consumer protection agencies frequently advise extreme caution regarding unfamiliar international or premium-rate area codes linked to one-ring phone scams. Five prominent international area codes frequently cited in these warnings include 268 (Antigua and Barbuda), 284 (British Virgin Islands), 473 (Grenada), 649 (Turks and Caicos Islands), and 876 (Jamaica). Scammers use automated dialers to ring phones once, tricking recipients into calling back and incurring exorbitant international toll charges billed directly through telephone service providers.
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