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In <ostubble.701540290@uclagsm> ostubble@agsm.ucla.edu (Otha Stubblefield III) writes:

>>The sole purpose of the page message is to offer individuals who respond a
>>service for a fee.  The telephone numbers involved are usually long
>>distance and to a prefix number which a billing cost in excess of $50
>>(fifty dollars) per minute.  The number which is currently used to
>>perpetrate the scam is (212) 540-xxxx.  The 540 prefix is the same as a 900
>>or 976 toll number.  Area code 212 is for New York City.  However, this
>>activity is not limited to a specific area code or telephone number
>>prefix.

The 212-540-xxxx numbers are not billed outside New York except for regular
long distance charges.   They are like 900 or 976 but only if you're in New
York!  I don't think the call will even go thru at all from California. 

This has been discussed extensively in comp.dcom.telecom recently.
--GaryM
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