809 scam - meaning and definition. What is 809 scam
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809 scam         
An 809 scam is a form of phone fraud which exploits the tendency of telephone subscribers in Canada and the United States to presume that a number in the familiar North American Numbering Plan format of 1-NPA-NXX-XXXX is a domestic call at standard rates because of the absence of the 011- international prefix which normally indicates an overseas call.
Phone fraud         
ILLEGITIMATE WAY OF OBTAINING MONEY BY USING PHONE-RELATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
Telephone fraud; Telephone fraus; Wangiri; Phone scam; Phone scams; 809 Scam; Toll fraud; Phone frauds; Telephone frauds
Phone fraud, or more generally communications fraud, is the use of telecommunications products or services with the intention of illegally acquiring money from, or failing to pay, a telecommunication company or its customers.
Romance scam         
  • victim]]s of online romance scams in 2011
A CONFIDENCE TRICK INVOLVING FEIGNING ROMANTIC INTENTIONS TOWARDS A VICTIM, GAINING THEIR AFFECTION, AND THEN USING THAT GOODWILL TO COMMIT FRAUD
Romance scams; Love scam; Sweetheart scams; Sweetheart scam; Dating scams; Dating scam; Online romance scam; Online romance scams; Lonely hearts scam; Lonelyhearts scam; Sweetheart swindle; Online Dating Scams
A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining the victim's affection, and then using that goodwill to get the victim to send money to the scammer under false pretenses or to commit fraud against the victim. Fraudulent acts may involve access to the victim's money, bank accounts, credit cards, passports, e-mail accounts, or national identification numbers; or forcing the victims to commit financial fraud on their behalf.