0088213213340

We received a call at 17.00 hrs and did reply, what to do with it?

This Nummer called me yesterday at 17.02 12.08.2008 I have call back 4 houres later.The orange commpany say its now many away at the moment....and it is my problem...because i have make a call.....Assshole Orange Commpany !!!
today 2 of me friends have the same nummer on her IPhone.

A primer on the 00 88213 business

“88213” is “virtual” country code that functions much like “44” UK or “33” for France.  What makes such virtual country codes attractive for “creative entrepreneurs” is that many telephone operators in many countries charge their subscribers a high fee per minute to route calls to those virtual country codes.  In Ireland for instance,  from 9th July 2007 all calls from Vodafone mobiles to +88213 numbers are charged at the correct rate of €6.91 per minute (http://www.vodafone.ie/planscosts/prepay/other/).

Of course, the telephone operator does not keep all that money.  According to the international carrier agreement it has with the foreign operator it routes the call to, it must send that operator a portion of the take.  That starts a payment chain from the initial caller, through various telephone operators to some terminating point that can be anywhere in the world.

To make money, all you have to do is get one of those numbers (e.g. 00 88213 213340) assigned to you and get someone along the payment chain to recognize that it is the fruit of your hard work that created those calls, justifying the payments you will receive.  To make people call you, several schemes have been used in the past.  For instance,  the now mostly obsolete internet dialer that disconnects the unsuspecting subscribers’ local dial-up call to his ISP and reconnects via 00 88213, the e-mail that confirms your product order with a 00 88213 number you should  call in case you have a question (of course you do, you never ordered anything!).
 
The latest scheme that we are now witnessing is even simpler.  Use a computerized interface to the telephone network.  Call only mobile numbers to make sure the “fake” caller id you provide e.g. (+ 88213 213340) is displayed, disconnect immediately as the call is established to avoid any charges.  Then you wait for call backs, routing your money making calls to a computerized telephone queuing systems.  Voila!

Of course you need one of those callback numbers and some expertise.  But to make your life easier, some “specialized” companies are there to help.  On the internet, you can find at least two such outfits (but there are probably more).  

Premium TLC Inc. (http://www.premiumtlc.com/) will pay you at least 0.36 euro per minute.  Their number is 00 88213 213064, close enough to 00 88213 213340.  You are unlikely to discuss your needs with them in person because they are located in Belize, with a phone number in Los Angeles, a fax number in New York and they are owned mostly by Nova Era Holdings S.A. registered in the Seychelles.

Another company is Net-Promotion, Inc (www.promotion-inc.com) of Lynden, Wa, USA and other places in Italy and France as indicated by Louis Vuitton’s lawsuit in 2000. They advertise their Emsat Satellite codes 00 88213 88xxxx  and 00 88213 33 xxxx used in the past with dialers, but their updated list now includes 00 88213 138001, 00 88213 217100, 00 88213 330001, 00 88213 550001, 00 88213 550005, 00 88213 550151,  00 88213 551001. Lost of numbers to choose from when 00 88213 213340 will become too well known!

Those companies state that they can let you use 00 88213 numbers because they are “authorized dealers” of Emsat system.  Emsat is a registered trademark of Telespazio S.p.A. of Rome, Italy.  Telespazio actually asked and obtained from the Internationl Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 1998  the “88213” virtual country code to serve the European Mobile Satellite network (EMSAT), with professional mobile satellite applications.  

On the ITU official website, you can look up an interesting document of Telespazio (http://www.itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/number/t/tpz/86918.html) written in December 2004.  Here are a few excerpts:

"Telespazio S.p.A. wishes to inform all concerned parties that numbers under the code +882 13 are to be used only for the identification of Emsat satellite network subscribers belonging to the Emsat System Network, for the provision of satellite communication services. Such numbers are not to be used for any other application differing from the services offered within the Emsat Network utilization. In particular, the use of Emsat numbering for services associated with ‘web diallers’ is not permitted.

Note: Virtual “Area codes” (AC) are allocated either on a per country basis or on a per market sector basis.
  International dialling format:    +882 13 + Area Code + XXXX

The present Emsat Numbering Plan represents the requested/reserved area codes. It is understood that Telespazio S.p.A. reserves full rights as regards their allocation, in relation to both the current contractual relationship with the relevant Service Provider and the appropriate use of the Services."

That last statement is clear.  In the end, Telespazio S.p.A. is in charge of the full 00 88213 numbering plan, including which numbers “authorized dealers” are permitted to use and pay Telespazio for their use. And that includes 00 88213 213340!

I just had a call from this number aswell. The minute I picked up, connection was losted. Should I contact my provider to check if any charges have been made on my account?

There is nothing to fear if you just receive a 00 88213 call and accept it.  The only charge might be a roaming charge if you are traveling abroad, just like for any other call you might receive.

I also did receive a call on Aug.15.
Fortunally didnt answer.

Live in Switzerland
My provider is Sunrise.

recieved 3 phone call today and yesterday,

strange sound and no response,

telecom provider say´s Don´t call back this number

i live in holland
provider is vodafone NL

I also got a call from this number 12:50 18.08.2008. I'm from The Netherlands.

The problem is that my number is not listed. How do the get the phone numbers then?

Thanks

I'm from Denmark and this number called me too!!!
They can block it from the phone company.     www.3.dk

I got a call from this number 17-08-'08 at 11.33pm. scary!!!

I got a call from this number this morning at 11.45 pm. Strange:S

Got this call in Norway 12:07. They hung up immediately. Didnt call back.

I got a call from this number and they hung up immediatly. 20.08 12:16

Received a call 20/08/08 at 12.53pm.  Dont know who it is.  Rang it back, sounds like a disconnected number.

Received a call from this number on August 20 2008. I'm from Holland

Got this call, phoned back but seems like disconnected number.

Did a google search and came across this place.

Weird but i'll follow advice given here

Got a call from this number, did'nt pick up, typed it in in google and found this site with very disturbing facts. Now i'm from Holland and never heard anyone about this scam, but I just came back from holliday. The scam might originate from one of the following countries I visited: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungaria, Turkey, Germany and Greece (also travelled through Austria for a few hours).

Hi everybody, got a call today (20/8/08 at 12:54) from 0088 213 213 340. I live in Norway and I use a "Telenor" prepaid card!
The mobile rang couple of time but I didn't neither call back nor pick up..... luckly.

I'm from Holland and just got a call from this number 3 minutes ago, didn't answer my phone.
Last week I was in Macedonia, Kosovo and Hungaria

I got this call today. I picked up, but it hung up on me.
Thanx for the info...that it is a satellite connection.

Holland