Don't call if you get an SMS saying that "Urgent! Your number has been selected for a $5,000 prize guaranteed! To claim your prize call +423697497456/ +447024054367. ",You can be charged Rs.500 per minute.Airtel is also cautioning users on its website.Also viruses are downloaded if you call these numbers using VOIP i.e. Skype or any other services.
The disclaimer put up on the Airtel website:
"Unsolicited fraudulent SMS's are being sent to various subscribers informing them that they have won a prize and need to call an international number to collect their prize. When calls are made to the number in the text message the subscribers are billed a high amount (upto Rs 500 per minute). Subscribers are cautioned not to respond to such SMS's."
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