Don Von Alpha Dom wrote:

@SoftPuffs I got hit big by that scam back when I was 18 ... 10 years ago, right before I moved out of my parents' house and went to college. The scammers offered me free credits. I gave the scammers my parent's home phone number and my first / last name. With just my name and phone number, they were able to charge hundreds of dollars to a non mobile home phone ... which showed up the next month on my parents' phone bill. My parents got the phone company to reverse the charges because in the US there is a law that states someone not over the age of 18 can not enter a phone contract without the consent of their guardian.I'm not sure if the scam is still possible, but I know back then you could prevent the scam by calling your phone provider and telling them that you want to disable payment by phone / phone charges. Apparently payment by phone allows anyone to charge items to your phone bill and all they need to know is your name and phone number ... and most phone providers have that service enabled by default.Again ... I am speaking from an experience that happened 10 years ago. I have no idea if the scam is still active.The FTC keeps track of scams like that here: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0 ... ne-chargesThe official term for this scam is "Phone Bill Cramming".Here is a google search for all "Phone Bill Cramming" results within the past year: https://www.google.com/search?q=Phone+B ... &tbs=qdr:yBased on the results of that google search, I would guess that it is still very much possible to perform this scam or get hit by this scam.