IraqSlogger reports: “809-534-6565 Scam” Tries To Get Families To Call Back About Injured in Iraq

David Baker reports in The Herald Journal: New costly phone scam hits valley

A target gets a phone message saying a family member has been injured or is in the hospital, and a number to call for more information.

One woman received a message saying her son, a soldier in Iraq, was in an Iraqi hospital and she needed to call a number to get more information. Instead, she got in contact with her son’s commanding officer and learned “he was OK.”

Others have been drawn into calling a number in the Dominican Republic, and were kept on the line for extended periods of time and charged anywhere from $200 to $2,500 a minute.