Old or New Trick? :O

[iogames]

I was browsing happily vB.org when I received a 'PRIVATE' call, and I picked the call, then an automatic voice told me:

'You've a collect call...'

after a pause the system said:

'However, your plan is not allowed to received collect calls, please enter a credit card...'

so I laugh and I hung up, but then I started thinking, it's an old trick or it's new? I can't retrieve the phone number from my online bill

[jizwood125]

That's quite new, at least for me.

[djxcee]

Yea, sounds new. Never happened to me.
Mobile or home phone?

[gamerfu]

WOW! That is totally unheard of. I wonder if the phone company of police would care to track that scam? I doubt it.

[Trip]

I would assume that is a scam. However, in a case like that, it's scary to think how many peeps would reach for their credit card though.

[Wayne Luke]

Its a fairly old trick actually. At least since the 80s. Might be new to cellphones but has been used in the analog world for a while. Used to target families of people who were incarcerated.