Talk:Area code 809
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LOL $2500 A MINUTE??? WHERE???
THAT WAS A GOOD ONE... CaribDigita 17:33, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
- 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)
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- 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)
