Missed Call From A Number That Starts With The Prefix 212, Who Is It?

During the last week, hundreds of users have reported receiving a call through a number that begins with the prefix 212 in various forums and social networks. Most users state that the calls are constant and tend to last a few seconds. If we look at the information of the prefix 212, the origin of the call takes us to Morocco. Who is hiding behind these calls? We see it below.

A NUMBER THAT BEGINS WITH THE PREFIX 212 CALLED ME

“They have called me twice today from a telephone number that begins with 212”, “It is a missed call, so there is no time to pick it up,” “Today there are already two calls from +212 618139902″… Just make a brief Google search to find out the number of cases currently circulating on the Internet around the prefix +212. As the Civil Guard has been able to confirm on its official Twitter account, it is an attempted scam known as ‘the missed call scam.’

The scam in question is forged around a payment prefix from a country where the regulation of this type of number is much more permissive than in Spain. The thieves indiscriminately make many dropped calls to force the user to return the call. At this point, the scam begins: the thieves try to keep the victim’s attention to make the call as long as possible. In countries like Morocco, the cost per minute of this type of prefix can exceed tens of euros. Some users have even claimed to have received receipts worth 400 euros.

https://twitter.com/guardiacivil/status/891033021029072896

The official profile of the Civil Guard on Twitter has also provided a list with some of the prefixes most used in this type of trick, such as 233 from Ghana, 234 from Nigeria, 355 from Albania, and 225, from the Ivory Coast. We have compiled some numbers that have received the most complaints in various Internet forums. The list in question is as follows:

• 212 682302268
• 212 682642433
• 212 661371316
• 212 650459490
• 212 618467042
• 212 618221853
• 212 682098081
• 212 650418830
• 212 767352858
• 212 661793189
• 212 650227684
• 212 618139902
• 212 682859825

What is recommended by official organizations is to block any number that begins with the prefix 212 or any of the prefixes that we have just mentioned, a process that we will explain below.

HOW TO BLOCK CALLS FROM THE PREFIX 212

Blocking a number on Android and iOS is a really simple process, just access the call history and then click on the number you want to block. Finally, as seen in the image below, we will click the Block number to veto the sender’s calls.

Another highly recommended option is to use applications such as Mr. Number (for iPhone) and True Caller (for Android). The good thing about this type of application is that they have a database with thousands of telephone numbers registered by other users. The call will be automatically blocked if the number matches any of the application records.

To block telephone numbers from a landline, we will have to resort to the exclusion list of the device, which we can access through one of the dial buttons. We can also use external blockers, small machines that connect to the telephone line to exclude calls from any number we previously indicated. We can get one of these devices at Amazon for approximately 25 euros.