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Archae

(47,245 posts)
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 06:00 PM Feb 2022

I just got an odd phone call.

I let my machine take it, and they hung, of course.

This was the number.

6-187-228-4686

I looked up the number at Google, and there was no match.

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3catwoman3

(29,809 posts)
1. I have been getting calls lately that show up on...
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 06:04 PM
Feb 2022

…the screen as “SCAM LIKELY,” and the place of origin of the call.

The most recent one was from Viet Nam.

XanaDUer2

(15,772 posts)
4. All day long
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 06:17 PM
Feb 2022

We get hangup, weird calls. One aggressive charity will not stop calling us. I'm sick of it.

That is a weird number

Donkees

(33,745 posts)
5. Telephone: +1876 is Jamaica (that's the closest match) ...
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 06:33 PM
Feb 2022

Ring, ring… you get a call from a number starting with area code (876). They call to say you’ve won the “Mega Millions” Jamaican lottery, and you could even win a car! All you have to do is pay a few thousand bucks in taxes or fees, and the big jackpot is yours.

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2014/07/did-you-get-call-area-code-876

mitch96

(15,878 posts)
6. I just assume that the robo call machine lets you put in any return number you want...
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 06:35 PM
Feb 2022

I loved it when the return number is MY NUMBER ... duh..
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grumpyduck

(6,686 posts)
7. Just googled "country code 6"
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 06:45 PM
Feb 2022

and it said it's the South Pacific and Oceania.

Maybe the Nigerian prince relocated?

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