One-ring calls from Caribbean countries

Here is a possible explanation for these early morning one-ring calls from Caribbean countries.
BBB Alert: Scammers call from strange number, rack up huge phone bill
From Toledo News Now
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/23695832/b ... huge-phone-bill

The latest crop of phone calls seem to be slightly different from the scam being described in the article because the caller doesn't have any intention of talking to you. All the scammer wants is that you get upset enough about the late night call that you return the call, never even noticing that it is from a foreign country outside the reach of US or Canadian laws. When you return the call (at international rates), there is also a big surcharge to your phone bill that gets passed along to the scammer.

That's why either:
(1) you can't return the phone call, because even though you would otherwise be able to dial it like an ordinary long distance number, you phone company has a restriction on your placing international calls (which these are). If so, consider yourself lucky. Or,
(2) when you call back and get through, they keep you on hold for as long as possible to run up your phone bill and their profits.

The scammers don't have to be associated with recent security breaches. All they have to do is randomly dial a lot of telephone numbers in already-assigned area codes. And they must be dialing a LOT of them based on the complaints logged to 800notes. It probably doesn't cost them anything to dial, either, if the called party (you) doesn't pick up the call before they hang up. It only takes a small percentage of angry and/or curious people calling back for them to make a lot of money. They don't even have to pay for real people to operate a call center -- it's all done by machines, outside the reach of US and Canadian law enforcement.

My 92 yo M-I-L received a call from 268-762-0027 on her cell phone.  She didn't answer before they hung up.  From what I read above, I'm glad my wife objected when her mother wanted her daughter to call the number back because she was curious who it belonged to.
All of us is smarter than any of us.  I am happy for  800Notes being there.

I would have to agree. It reminds me of the scam that involves calls to people late at night that claim to be the police from another country about a family member that was arrested.

After adding my cell phone number for 2 step verification for G-Mail account, I received a call from
268-762-0035.  It only rang a couple of times, and I didn't answer it.  I have had this number for several years and this is the first foreign scam call I have received.  Don't add your cell phone number to your
E-mail accounts.

I believe I can safely say it was a coincidence as I have done the same thing with my Gmail for at least a year without that happening.

Yes, I realize this is a month old, but it goes to this well: http://www.wfsb.com/story/24653243/one-ring