88213100199

88213100199 Called me at 630 am on August 29, 2008. Didnt call back because my boyfriend said he heard it was a scam of some sort...

Just called me like 5 seconds ago.. So shortly you don't have a chance to answer..

i got called around 5 too, and i live in norway, wounder who this is

Same here, phone rang shortly @ 19:05 Sweden time.
880 is countrycode for Bangladesh.
882 is unknown.
Don't call back, is the only advice.

Saw i had an unanswered call with this....me being paranoid didnt call back..just looked it up....wtf...bangladesh??????

from Norway just called me up 31.08.08 1935 rings for a short time badjoke and idiot......juse Telenor Mobil

I just did some searching on the web.
I got a hit when i searched for countrycodes plus number.
It seems to be a number for roaming (?)
It originates from Azerbaijan.
It must be some Azerbaijani on holiday, using a cellphone with an emsat connection who forgets to dial his countrycode.
Smart person...

(Excerpt from search -> Emsat (88 213), Do not forget to add country code before your voice mail box number)

i'm from sweden got the call at 21.52 on august 31.

just got a call from this number.. its almost midnight in sweden..
I didnt pcik up because it was a really strange nr and im unlisted sooo they arent supposed to find my number ..
has anyone found out what this is??

This is really wierd. That number called me aswell. Called me around 22.00 and I live also in sweden.

haha, that nummber called me at 0214, i,m also from Sweden

This in INSANE!! I live in Sweden and was called 5 this morning from the same number, scary :O  (i have Comviq)

im from Sweden. and this number called me early in the morning. have some of you answer in the phone when this number calling?

I'm Norway too this number called me at 01:06 in the morning !!!!

OK I found this site

(These sites in Norwegian)
http://dev1.no/forum/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=203395&p=1868780
http://www.aftenposten.no/forbruker/pengenedine/article2575332.ece

it says that this number is a satellite number and it cost you to call back! it's a new way of scam!

+88213100199 called me 08:53 this morning swedish time. Really creeped me out. How do they get our number to call? Mine is a secret number!

I got called up too. 2:41 am in Norway on aug 31.

I was called by this number too, 2 am in the night today.
It's some sort of scam, if you answer it - you'll pay alot of money - so DON'T ANSWER IT!!
The number is from Bangladesh.

I'm just pretty interested about how they got my number.
Anyone who searches for me will not find my number, so I wonder how they got it... But before, they had my number on hitta.se but now they doesn't.

They probably collect numbers.
They just want to worry people and make them loose some money.
But why Scandinavia? I guess alot of more people from more countries have been called?

*** NEVER CALL BACK A NUMBER STARTING WITH 00 88213 ***

Read on if you wnat to know why

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 100199) 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 test number is 00 88213 213064.  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 100199!