Get a one-ring call? Don’t call back.

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By Michael Atleson, Acting Assistant Director

FTC Division of Consumer & Business Education

May 11, 2019 12:00 p.m.

A while back, we warned you about the “one ring” scam. That’s when you get a phone call from a number you don’t know, and the call stops after just one ring. The scammer is hoping you’ll call back, because it’s really an international toll number and will appear as a charge on your phone bill — with most of the money going to the scammer. Well, the scam is back with a vengeance, and the FCC just issued a new advisoryabout it. Read the FCC’s advisory for more detail, but the advice from both agencies remains the same if you get one of these calls:

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