Urban Legends Reference Pages: Inboxer Rebellion (Call Forwarding Scam)
Call Forwarding ScamClaim: Scammers con victims into forwarding their phone numberss to other numbers. Status: True.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004] To All: Last Tuesday morning my wife fell victim to a phone scam and I want to alert everyone I know about this fraud. She got a wrong number call asking for Jason. When she said he had the wrong number he faked panic and said please....
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