Immigrants Are Sitting Ducks: Prepaid International Calling-Card Scam

‘Have you ever used a prepaid international calling card? If so, you’ve likely been ripped-off.
Immigrants and travelers most often use such cards to call family and friends back in their home country. Such cards seem to be an easy and low-cost method to make international calls. All a caller does is dial a “local access number” then plug in the destination number, thus allegedly turning a long distance call into a lower-cost local call.
The New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman estimates “the phone card industry has mushroomed to a $4 billion industry with an estimated 500 million cards sold last year alone.”’
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