268-762-0156
Antigua/Barbuda, ANTIGUA/BARBUDA
Rich
Rich
2014-02-06 13:34:52
Unknown
I miss a call form 268-762-0156 Antigua/Barbuda Feb 3 2014, Don't know who was it, No Messages  
Pat
Pat
2014-02-05 10:42:07
Unknown
This number called didn't answer heard this number is a scam that is costing people extra $ on their phone bills. Especially if you pick up or called it back.
MichelleLori
MichelleLori
2014-02-05 03:43:42
Unknown
268 762 0156 - -  MAKE THEM STOP
Jae
Jae
2014-02-04 23:19:15
Unknown
I called T-Mobile about this today to discuss it with them. I had put a block on international calls and texts a few days ago on all my phone lines, but today I was told that only prevents me from making international calls and texts, not from receiving them. I was also told I wasn't getting charged for the incoming international calls or texts. CS person at T-Mobile said there is nothing T-Mobile can do, nor any of the phone companies in the US or Canada can do.

Most phone companies these days don't charge you for incoming calls and texts, only when you make outbound calls and texts. I'm not sure if that also applies to prepaid phones though. Even if the phone company could block these numbers from calling and texting their customers, how would they know which are scams and which are legit ones?
They can't. The scammers would only just change the number they are calling or texting from by one or more digits and continue on with their scam. I'm fairly certain this is how it's happening.

I have some very tech savvy friends in telecommunications companies, including knowing those who invented VoIP (and I used to be a programmer myself) who taught me about PBX phone systems many years ago. Read on for my theory:

Scammers buy blocks of phone numbers from a PBX phone system or service, which is very cheap to do, btw. Then they program a computer connected to the PBX system to make outbound calls and texts. These calls and texts probably go out to all the other numbers over a VoIP connection, which is again very cheap to run. Then, when someone calls any of the phone numbers back, the computer runs another program to answer the call and carry out the hold command, which then racks up the charges to the people who called in.
Pretty simple really.
Very cheap to implement and obviously lucrative enough to have it going on from so many places around the globe. The calls may look like they are originating from Grenada, Antigua, Barbuda, etc., when in actuality, they could be coming from inside the US, or from China, Russia, some African country, really anywhere in the world!

I once looked into buying a PBX system for my USA company that turned out to be from a company located in Canada. This company had tons of phone numbers listed in my own area code that I could buy in blocks of 25 (so I could have had 25 different numbers for a very cheap price). I could also have bought phone numbers that would appear to come from anywhere in the world, if they had them to sell. They had phone numbers in every area code known in the USA and Canada.

What is a PBX Phone System, you ask?
PBX stands for Private Branch Exchange, which is a private telephone network used within a company. The users of the PBX phone system share a number of outside lines for making external phone calls. A PBX connects the internal telephones within a business and also connects them to the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
One of the latest tendencies in PBX phone system development is the VoIP PBX, also known as IP PBX, which uses the Internet Protocol to transmit calls.
Nowadays, there are four different PBX phone system options:

  PBX
  Hosted/Virtual PBX
  IP PBX
  Hosted/Virtual IP PBX

IP PBX is a software-based PBX phone system solution which helps accomplish certain tasks and delivers services that can be difficult and costly to implement when using a traditional proprietary PABX.

This is what I'm talking about. I think many scammers are using an IP PBX system that they program through a computer to make the calls and texts for them. Calls and texts are made to any and every other phone number in some random or organized way, depending on the program they've written. Pretty clever and devious as well.
Robert L
Robert L
2014-02-04 21:47:07
Unknown
(268) 762-0156
Antigua/Barbuda
Got this call about 2weeks ago.  I don't Know anybody from the Caribbean. Never answered it. Glad I didn't.
JD
JD
2014-02-04 18:15:20
Unknown
Called this 4am rang twice, also called yesterday 3pm same story. Returned call put on hold for operator?? No pickup
David
David
2014-02-04 17:40:39
Unknown
Rang three times, line was dead when I answered.  Possibly trolling for a modem?
Lee
Lee
2014-02-04 15:18:45
Unknown
I was expecting a delivery of furniture from Costco.  So when my cell phone rang and I didn't recognize the number I naturally assumed it was them.  I only heard it ring twice but I thought maybe I just didn't hear it so I called it back and got some funky music on the other end telling me to keep holding...I fell for it for about 20 seconds and then I hung up and looked the number up on my computer and realized what had just happened....  I wonder how much that 20 seconds is gonna cost me?
DS
DS
2014-02-04 14:08:44
Unknown
Answered, no response, hung up, googled, seems to be a scamming number.  DONT CALL IT BACK!
Mrs. Garcia
Mrs. Garcia
2014-02-04 13:36:48
Unknown
This number called me at 7:27 AM! yeah I believe it's a scam, no one with a brain would call me that early....
oh not me
oh not me
2014-02-04 06:02:19
Unknown
Got call   from 2687620156 did not return call goggled area code and stumbled upon this site and thanks to all of you I know it was a scam.
Heidi
Heidi
2014-02-03 21:01:25
Unknown
I believe it's a scam. Dont call them back.
Tom Gray
Tom Gray
2014-02-03 20:14:31
Unknown
One ring and hung up.
Robyn Borders
Robyn Borders
2014-02-03 17:16:39
Unknown
Called left no message I did not answer I am glad I didn't!  Researched it and saw that it is reported as spam calls from Bermuda.
aliyah
aliyah
2014-02-03 16:09:30
Unknown
your a a** head
A .G
A .G
2014-02-03 15:45:31
Unknown
Got the same call. Called back no answer?
me
me
2014-02-03 14:36:23
Unknown
They called my cell and my husband's cell at the same time. It was disconnected after one ring.
Katie
Katie
2014-02-03 03:15:41
Unknown
Also just got a call at 1030 at night from this number
Joe
Joe
2014-02-03 03:12:54
Unknown
Just got a call from this number - glad I didn't answer
AFC
AFC
2014-02-03 03:11:08
Unknown
They call my fax number every night.
Annoyed
Annoyed
2014-02-03 00:38:07
Unknown
Who calls on a Sunday and during the Super Bowl from (268) 762-0156
Antigua/Barbuda? Scammers. Hit ignore and they didn't leave a message.
sue
sue
2014-02-02 22:23:31
Unknown
Called twice today rang once didn't answer.
Oma
Oma
2014-02-02 19:30:47
Unknown
this number called me on Feb.2, 2014 at 11:23 am. I did not answer as I did not recognize the number and I am on the DO NOT CALL LIST.
JD
JD
2014-02-02 18:43:57
Unknown
I received a call from (268) 762-0152 Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 6:03am and another call today from (268) 762-0156 Sunday, February 2, 2014, at 5:47am. I missed both calls as my phone was in another room. I did not call them back. There must be some way to block these unwanted calls from the area code.
sue lee
sue lee
2014-02-02 18:17:18
Unknown
got this called 5 am, called back and no answer. what is this
DON'T CALL IT!!!
DON'T CALL IT!!!
2014-02-02 17:16:23
Unknown
The Phoenix Better Business Bureau on Wednesday issued a consumer warning saying people who called the number back were hit with a premium charge on their cellphone bill that usually amounted to $19.95. That was the minimum charge seen by people who were scammed.

CHECK YOU NEXT BILL.  YOU NIGHT HAVE A NICE EXTRA CHARGE ON THERE!!!
SCAM CALLER!!!!
SCAM CALLER!!!!
2014-02-02 17:12:50
Unknown
The Phoenix Better Business Bureau on Wednesday issued a consumer warning saying people who called the number back were hit with a premium charge on their cellphone bill that usually amounted to $19.95. That was the minimum charge seen by people who were scammed.

DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER BACK!!!
Monte Swann
Monte Swann
2014-02-02 16:24:40
Unknown
Weird number, won't leave me alone.
K
K
2014-02-02 16:01:53
Unknown
10 am central time, two rings only. Looked up area code and saw it was Antigua/Barbuda. Did not call back. Scam?
Chandra
Chandra
2014-01-31 16:19:48
Unknown
If you receive a call from either of these numbers 268-762-0156 or 268-762-0010, DO NOT CALL BACK! If you do, your phone will be billed 50.00. Call is originating from the Caribbean. THIS IS A SCAM! DO NOT CALL OR ANSWER THE PHONE!
1-866-312-9553 1-949-256-9160 1-691-950-7925
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