Strange number on caller ID +011

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    Bill
    Just got a call from these clowns. He was asking for Mr. Billy. However took me 2 minutes to figure out what this knuckle head was saying. Then he said he was calling about federal grants. I said grants? he said yes, free money your government. After I stopped laughing I said "I don't know where your from but there is no such thing as free money in this country" and hung up
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    Mariah
    | 5 replies
    My mom received a call the other day from 011-561-9944338. I can't find anything about it and have never heard of numbers that have more than ten digits. Anyone else gotten a call like this?
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    Telco Tekkie replies to Mariah
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    >> and have never heard of numbers that have more than ten digits ...

    To dial any telephone-number in Norway from the USA, dial '011' and then '44' and then EIGHT more digits.
    So:
    - 011 - start an international call
    - 44 - country-code for Norway (some countries have 3-digit codes)
    - telephone-number of land-line or cell-phone that one "inside" of Norway would normally dial.
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    D1971 replies to Telco Tekkie
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    44 is the dialing code for the UK.  To dial UK from US it's 011 44 then the UK local number omitting the 0.
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    aud14
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    What about the : 011-27-(73)-264-3304 ?????????
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    lone stranger replies to aud14
    In today's world caller ID info is close to meaningless.  I can make whatever I want show up when I call, whether it is an actual phone number or not.  You guys are straining at imaginary gnats.  Give up.
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    sky blue girl
    | 4 replies
    Getting calls and texts from 011 234 8161118884, anyone else out there?  Real strong accent, not sure where there calling from?
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    yef replies to sky blue girl
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    234 is the country code for Nigeria.  They seem to be famous for various types of scams.
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    Acey Tharrington replies to NCGrump
    I got a call today that had, 011-000-0000.  I figured this is a bad number.  This was on my cell ohone.
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    ruabh replies to NCGrump
    011 is a number you use before calling overseas
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    crystal replies to NCGrump
    011 is the # you dial to call phone numbers out of the country.  you dial it before dialing the country code
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    Sharmila
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    I got a call from +91 7940278747 today and it just made a weird sound. No human voice was heard. So, I tried calling it back and again the strange noise played and my Re. 1 got cut every time I called the number from my mobile. I don't know who is playing mischief.
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    Mazda3
    i got a werid call from one of these and it had a pre-recorded message with some girl saying she misses me.. was so weird i hung up right away.
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    the watcher
    These people called me and when i said hello they hung up. So i goggled +011 and found this crazy
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    debster63 replies to NCGrump
    Will we be charged for this call if we answer it? I have been contacted 2x's today, 1x I answered the other I didn't.

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