FIGHT BACK : 809 HELPS OTHERS HELP THEMSELVES TO YOUR MONEY.Byline: David Horowitz
Phone numbers with the 809 prefix can be hazardous to your wealth. One of the hot, new telephone scams is done by using an 809 area code. Here is how the con works. You get an urgent message saying a relative is ill, you have won an expensive prize or debt-collection actions will start if you don't call a phone number with an 809 area code. If you go for the bait and you are calling from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , you may be charged as much as $25 per minute. Frequently, the person who answers pretends not to understand you, or you get a long, recorded message. The point is to try to keep you on the phone for as long as possible to run up your phone bill. When you get the bill, you may find a charge for hundreds of dollars. The 809 area code is located in the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands A British colony in the eastern Caribbean east of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Road Town, on Tortola Island, is the capital. Population: 21,700. Noun 1. and is not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. by U.S. regulations like 900 numbers are. Phone rules in the United States require warning callers first of per-minute charges to their phone bill. No matter how you get the message, if you are asked to call a number with an 809 area code that you don't recognize, disregard the message, or, when in doubt, check it out with your local phone company. The `UL' label A fightback Fightback is the name of:
The UL logo is like a green light to show that lighting and electrical products have been tested to a recognized safety standard and have been found to be reasonably free of electrical shock risk and fire hazards. Guidelines are written for a specific product type and developed by the responsible industry with oversight from government agencies. For example, for a tungsten-halogen floor lamp to earn the UL seal, the product must have a safety guard that is affixed af·fix tr.v. af·fixed, af·fix·ing, af·fix·es 1. To secure to something; attach: affix a label to a package. 2. directly to the lamp at the factory and positioned at least 3 inches from the bulb. It also must pass the ``cheesecloth-drape test,'' where a 20-layer pad of cheesecloth cheese·cloth n. A coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese. cheesecloth Noun a light, loosely woven cotton cloth Noun 1. is draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. over the center of the lamp guard to see whether or not it will burn while the lamp is on. The lamp also must have a switch that automatically turns off the fixture should it tip over. Several years ago, inexpensive halogen-quartz floor lamps that were not UL-approved entered the U.S. from Asia, and misuse and faulty electronics caused fires resulting in serious injuries and some deaths. That's just one example of how UL tests a product. |
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