Area Code 855 Scam Telephone Calls

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Area Code 855 Scam Telephone Calls

For the past few months, I have received a few scam calls from 855 area code telephone numbers. Most of the scam calls were technical support and banking scams. The scammers' aims were to trick me into giving them remote access to my computer or trick me into calling a fake banking number where I will be asked for banking credentials and other sensitive information.

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Here is a list of 855 area code telephone numbers that I have received calls from:

  • 1-855-298-2507
  • 1-855-202-2492
  • 1-855-984-9513
  • 1-855-739-7819
  • 1-855-566-7666
  • 1-844-855-8321
  • 1-855-777-1707
  • 1-855-341-4034
  • 1-855-203-6745
  • 1(855)-499-5629
  • 1-855-707-0817
  • 1-855-473-9132
  • 1-855-203-6080

If you were tricked into giving remote access to your computer, please disconnect your computer from the internet and ask a tech-savvy person to scan your computer for malware or spyware. And, if you were tricked into calling a fake banking telephone number and have disclosed your banking information, report it to your bank.

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Mar 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM by
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These are just a few examples of the most common fake call types with 855 spoofed numbers. The diversity of these scam pitches truly demonstrates the lengths these scammers will go to in order to trick you and turn you into another victim.

Typically, the inbound scam calls are configured to hang up after just one or two rings. This "disconnection tactic" is intended to get you curious enough to increase the likelihood that you'll call the number back. Some versions of the 855 scam even leave a threatening voicemail demanding a return call. Don't fall for it.

If you do fall for it and call these 855 numbers back, guess what, they're connected to international premium rate numbers that can charge huge per minute fees. These fees range from ten to fifty bucks a minute in some cases. The payments are funneled back to the overseas scammers that are masterminding the whole thing.

Get this, the Federal Communications Commission has received over 375,000 complaints regarding the 855 area code in the last year alone. Estimates indicate that up to TEN THOUSAND scam calls are originating from spoofed 855 numbers on a DAILY basis! We guess they figure, with that many calls, there's bound to be a sucker or two in there somewhere. Don't let it be you!

We can't really crack down on these scams given the fact that scammers disguise their true international origins. Well, we probably know, but sophisticated spoofing and VoIP technology make it easy for scammers to essentially “hijack” any 855 number for their calls.

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Jul 5, 2021 at 2:06 AM by
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8556919132 is being used by the scammers.

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Jun 8, 2020 at 4:53 PM by
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"We are getting calls almost daily from the 855- number asking if we purchased something for $400. We hang up but I wanted to notify you of this.

Don't know what you do but is it wise for me to put that number on my "do not answer" automated list? Or just hang up?

Thank you

L White"

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Oct 30, 2019 at 12:43 PM by
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"I think the same people changed the last four.

Told to call 855-764-8926 because 'information had been obtained using my name and social security number.'

If I had time, I would call back and just let them talk and talk and talk before telling them I have reported them.

Came in from 804-505-8613"

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