IP: ReNew Phone Scam 809 Area -- well new versio n of old idea

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Subject: Re: IP: New Phone Scam 809 Area -- well new versio n of old idea
>From: "Kai Lui" <kai@infohouse.com>
>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>
> >From: Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>
> >> >The "809" area code is located in the British Virgin Islands (the
> >>Bahamas).
>
>Dave, although the scam sounds plausible, here are some clarifications:
>
>The Bahamas is a country while the BVI is a territory in the British
>Commonwealth, though both are in the Caribbean.
>
>The 809 area code is for the Dominican Republic (a country that shares the
>island of Hispaniola with Haiti) and St. Vincent, 2 other Caribbean nations.
>
>Kai Lui
>kai@infohouse.com