Talk:Area code 809

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I used to work for Cable & Wirless who were the main supplier of premium rate services in UK and Europe. They did operate some numbers outside the 900 range as premium rate at higher per minute rates at around $5/minute - most of us in the same department did not agree with that policy - I do not know if they still do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.175.114.80 (talk) 14:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LOL $2500 A MINUTE??? WHERE???

THAT WAS A GOOD ONE... CaribDigita 17:33, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This was a common scam among users in U.S. to any of the Caribbean countries that once shared the 809 area code. Most often, this happened in the Dominican Republic, because of the loose communication laws the country used to have. Zavreio 18:11, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's not possible... These interconnection rates have to go though the FCC. The FCC is not going to demand a US company charge a US citizen to pay $2500. "$2500" is an old myth. [1], [2]. The reason Dom. Rep. was chosen is because many scamers could setup shop in a border town of Haiti/Dom Rep. they, could pay someone off to get them a Dominican Republic telephone exchange on the Haiti side of Town and then once they commit the scam it becomes an 'international issue'. Haiti wouldn't have the resources to chase the company and then by the time they catch up with the culprits the US based scam company already exported the money from the scam overseas back to the USA. CaribDigita 18:29, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Minor point, FCC, as a USG agency, doesn't regulate the rates of a foreign country, including charges for incoming calls. Foreign country, y'know. Some are much more expensive than others. Not Dominican Republic, however. Jim.henderson (talk) 03:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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==The 809 scam spam (email forward)== This portion is written poorly. It even uses second person. Needs serious redrafting.Plumlogan (talk) 19:54, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 19:54, 18 June 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 08:12, 29 April 2016 (UTC)