This is a scam. Do not call them back when they call and hang up. They are hoping you will call them back. I was charged 1.59 per minute when I tried to call the number back. Nobody ever answered. Report this to your phone carrier.

Yes this is a scam 473 Area code it a scam I called verizon and the confirmed it so I had to file a claim to have  the charges removed .please save your money and time and dont answer or call the #starting with 473 Area code.  Sucks to be me right now

Do not answer the call or call the #back it is a scam I am one of the victims of this scam block the # if possible any #starting with 473 Area code its is out of ST.GEORGES GN INTERNATIONAL CALL YOU WILL GET HIT WITH CHARGES. HOPE THIS HELPS

It is a scam out of st.Georges GN DO NOT ANSWER THE CALL OR CALL THE #BACK I AM ONE OF THE VICTIMS CALL YOUR PHONE CARRIER AND FILE A GLOBAL FREUD CLAIM TO HAVE CHARGES REMOVED FROM YOUR BILL . I JUST HAD TO TAKE THESE STEPS THANK GOD VERIZON WAS AWARE OF THE SCAM MADE IT EASY FOR ME .HOPE THIS HELPS

Yes this a scam and I am one of the victims so I contacted my phone carrier and confirm my suspicioums and had to fill out a Global freud claim so I can the charges removed if you haven't contacted your phone carrier I suggest you do so to get the charges removed I just went thou this. Hope this helps

I just recieved a call from 473-456-1946 so I did a reverse # and up and show a location of st.Georges.GN so did a search on this location and came across this site . Yes I did call the #back and you tell it was a ring back ringtone . Well thank you for this site and I will be sharing this on all my media site and calling my phone carrier.

Re 473-520-9784 and other variations with the same area code and prefix. These are indeed fraudulent calls that you should not pick up. HOWEVER, the scam is more serious. Just spent almost 2 hours on the phone with Verizon's tech dept. who forwarded this to the Global Fraud Department. Not only is this a case of "robo" calling certain area codes, there are other lines (cell and landline) that may be "attached" to your cell number. The safest thing to do is 1) DO NOT ANSWER OR CALL BACK. 2) Check your "received calls" log and note the date/time the unsolicited call came in. The incoming calls do not show up on your phone log OR (amazingly) on Verizon's first level phone logs. 3) Contact Verizon and ask to report fraud. Spend the time to wait for Tech Dept. and report all to them. AT&T reported this scam to its customers as early as Dec. 14, 2013. Verizon has not done so. Other carriers are affected as well as they seem to work through area codes. DO REPORT THIS. They'll keep getting away with it otherwise and someone is paying. Likely, us.;

Just got a Grenada call from 473-456-1446.  Different number, same MO, scam.  Got a machine recording "please wait for the operator."  I hung up after 40 sec. i wonder what it will cost me...

I just got one this mornin at 740am est.

Yes i just got that same call 473-520-9777 lucky for me i have a pi on retainer who quickly acted on this and found out immediatly it was a scam but wen she called the number back it said she called a number that was no longer in service i think it wad because of the ph security she had on her ph

You just answered a five year old post.  I'm sure the poster is long gone by now, but:

473 "AREA CODE" WARNING -- DO NOT RETURN DIAL ONE RING CALLS RECEIVED FROM AREA CODE 473 !!!!!!

In the current variant of this scam, the caller doesn't have any intention of talking to you. All the scammer wants is for you to get upset enough about the late night call that you return the call, never even noticing that it is from a foreign country outside the reach of US or Canadian laws. When you return the call (at international rates), there may also be a big surcharge added to your phone bill that gets passed along to the scammer.

What appears to have been the original version of the scam surfaced about 11 years ago in Japan and is known as the "Wangiri scam:"

From Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/08/21/n ... r/#.Ur2543-9KSN

From the Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/1367988

A few U.S. news organizations, but not many, have picked up on this latest variant:

KPVI, Pocatello, ID TV report on Grenada phone scam
http://youtu.be/eSp9tY1gBW8

From Toledo News Now
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/23695832/b ... huge-phone-bill

An older report from WCAX-TV in Burlington, VT describes the scam:
http://www.wcax.com/story/15581487/check-your ... area-code-scams

I don't think this problem is limited to or has anything to do with Verizon.  The same problem has been reported on other carriers, I believe, but Verizon Wireless appears to be the biggest carrier, so they get the most calls.  Verizon has a discussion board set up with at least one thread concerning "473" calls:

https://community.verizonwireless.com/message/1035009

It appears that at least Verizon is devoting some resources to stop these callers or at least refund some or all of the charges for people who call these numbers.  How long that will last is known only to Verizon, and even they may not have decided at this point.  Other carriers may also be doing the same.  They all want to avoid bad publicity that may drive away customers, of course.

At least one early report on 800notes.com, if taken at face value, asserted that a charge of $100.00 was made to a phone bill for calling back for 15 seconds.  Even regular calls to 473 numbers are billed at upwards of $1.80 per minute by most cell phone carriers, even on so-called "unlimited" phone plans, unless you have paid extra for an international dialing plan.  It may be that the scammers get a cut of this money for every international call they receive.

That's why either:
(1) you can't return the phone call, because even though you would otherwise be able to dial it like an ordinary long distance number, you phone company has a restriction on your placing international calls (which these are).  At least some pre-paid cell phone services work this way.  If this case applies to you, consider yourself lucky. Or,
(2) when you call back and get through, the operator of the 473 phone number tries to keep you on hold for as long as possible to run up your phone bill and their profits.

The scammers don't have to be associated with recent security breaches, such as the recent one at Target stores.  (In fact, many of the victims of this scam say that they either don't shop at Target or did not shop there during the period of the known security breach.)  All the scammers have to do is randomly dial a lot of telephone numbers in already-assigned area codes. And they must be dialing a LOT of them based on the complaints logged to 800notes.

It probably doesn't cost them anything to dial you, either, if the called party (you) doesn't pick up the call before they hang up. It only takes a small percentage of angry and/or curious people calling back for them to make a lot of money. They don't even have to pay for real people to operate a call center -- it's all done by machines, outside the reach of US and Canadian law enforcement.

So do yourself a favor and don't call these scammers back.  And you'll also be doing us all a favor, because they wouldn't call anyone at all if there weren't so many people who fell for this scam.

I suspect it is a scam of sorts. I just received a call from 473-520-9773 which emanates from St. Georges, GN (Granada from what I can tell. When I called back, it was the sound of a couple having intercourse. Anyone else have similar problems?

dlh726@aol.com

473-520-9768

Do NOT call this number back!!!!

Please read ANonieMouse's first post in his thread in the forum about this scam:

473 "AREA CODE" WARNING -- DO NOT RETURN DIAL ONE RING CALLS FROM AREA CODE 473

http://800notes.com/forum/ta-91e20993bc3aa22/ ... m-473-area-code

Just got a call from a similar number as everyone else, 4735209775.  When calling it back it sounded like a man and woman having sex.  Wasn't sure who or what, so I investigated the number via the internet.  

Got a call from +47 35 20 97 57
And googled it. This site came up first, so obviously we're in the same boat. 6:25am on a Sunday, no less.

How'd they get all these #

Got a call from 4735209777 it was a bunch of moaning! From Grenada of course...

call's from 1-473-520-9784 at 4:40 am. just a woman's saying hello and then hangs up ! This is from St. Georges, GN .

Just had a missed call from 473 520 9709. Thank you for this site.

Received a call from 4735209791 at about midnight. Of course I'm not going to answer. What is this anyone ever pick up?

I got a call from (473)520-9763 with my cellphone Caller ID identifying the call as "Georges St St Georges, GN".  I promptly looked it up on the Internet and this site popped up first.  Thank goodness I had my ringer turned off and noticed that my phone's notification light was flashing.  I think this is just another scam call.  My rule of thumb is that if I don't know anyone
from where the call is originating from, I won't answer it.

Do not pick up! They are there to scam you and run your phone bill with international phone charges. Some of the oldest scams in the book. They will also try to phish for information. Avoid identity theft and extra costly charges by not even picking up the number and report it to your service provider. Block it too so you don't mistakenly dial it.

Luckily I " missed " the call .. saw it was from Grenada.. call them back? No way !! See this scam a mile away !!

i received a call at 5:45 a.m. from 473-456-4093   also from st, georges, gn..i called back and they said all operators busy please hold. i hung up..i guess i will report to verizon

Received a call on my cell from (473) 520-9720.  I didn't pick up as I had no idea who it was.  Put a tracker on it and I guess it's from ST GEORGES, GN.  How do these people get these numbers?  

Just got a call from Grenada Telecom Ltd 473 409 4696...posts online look like this is some scam and I certainly do not know anyone in GRANADA!

I take care of my Dad's phone bills.  He called (473) 405-0909 back and the 5 minute call cost him $22.30!!!  Don't call them back!

Call is from Premier Credit on behalf of College Assist/Nelnet

I've been getting a series of these calls for about four months now - always three calls in a row, always late Sunday mornings - which is grossly offensive in and of itself - and always leaves long, repetitive messages which eat up the answering machine space.