If a call from the telephone number +6768500096 appears on your phone do not phone back or send a text. This number is a scam originating from Tonga. It is a premium-rate scam in which the scammers make a one ring call from the number +676 8500096, in the hope you will phone back. This is because victims who phone back will be connected to a premium-rate line.
Judging number of calls my son and friends have had from Tonga This Tonga scam is doing rounds this week in UK It is premium rate so do not call back or text @chris_railway https://t.co/7ittilXrgw pic.twitter.com/Q2mYWP8fhS
— Stapleford Railway (@Staplefordtrain) September 28, 2020
Where did the +676 8500096 phone call come from?
The +676 part of this phone call indicates that the call originated from Tonga. All Tongan lines use the prefix +676 as this is the access code for the country.