<P> In early 2009 a decision was made to add a second overlay code, area code 849 . The triple area code system went into effect on February 15, 2010 . </P> <P> Telephone fraud scams once revolved around the 809 area code; it was being used since calling international numbers from the United States is charged at a higher rate than domestic calls . The charge is set jointly by the originating and terminating countries; the foreign country portion of the charge could be very high, and there was no regulation by anyone . There may have been a resurgence with wireless telephones . The victim receives a message on their answering machine to call a number with an 809 area code . Since there were many new area codes being introduced in the US, the victim thinks nothing of it and dials the 809 number . The number dialed is however an international number with a share of the revenue going from the foreign telephone company to the operator of the number (the party that got the call to be placed). The victim could be put on hold indefinitely, and billed for each minute they are on hold . This is a form of fraud, though technically legal . </P> <P> More recently, a similar scam has emerged due to the prevalence of wireless phones which display callback numbers automatically, known as the "one ring scam". The person perpetuating the scam calls the victim via a robodialer or similar means, sometimes at odd hours of the night, then hangs up when the phone is answered with the hope that they will be curious enough to call the number back . When the victim does this, an automatic $19.95 international call fee is charged to their account, as well as $9.00 / min thereafter . Similar scams have been linked to Grenada (area code 473), Antigua (area code 268), Jamaica (area code 876) and the British Virgin Islands (area code 284). </P>

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