Area code 473 is the local telephonearea code of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The 473 area code, which spells GRE, was created during a split from the original 809 area code which began permissive dialing on 31 October 1997 and ended 31 October 1998.
The 473 area code has been linked to a form of telephone fraud known as the "one ring scam". The person perpetrating the scam calls the victim via a robodialer or similar means, sometimes at odd hours of the night, then hangs up when the phone is answered with the hope that the victim will be curious enough to call the number back.[1] When the victim does this, an automatic $19.95 international call fee is charged to their account, as well as $9.00/min thereafter. Similar scams have been linked to Antigua (area code 268), Jamaica (area codes 876 and 658), the Dominican Republic (area code 809) and the British Virgin Islands (area code 284).[2]
area, code, local, telephone, area, code, grenada, carriacou, petite, martinique, area, code, which, spells, created, during, split, from, original, area, code, which, began, permissive, dialing, october, 1997, ended, october, 1998, calls, placed, within, gren. Area code 473 is the local telephone area code of Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique The 473 area code which spells GRE was created during a split from the original 809 area code which began permissive dialing on 31 October 1997 and ended 31 October 1998 For calls placed within Grenada Carriacou or Petite Martinique only the seven digit local number is dialed Calls to Grenada from anywhere in the United States or Canada are dialed 1 473 seven digit phone number Contents 1 Use in telephone fraud 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksUse in telephone fraud EditThe 473 area code has been linked to a form of telephone fraud known as the one ring scam The person perpetrating the scam calls the victim via a robodialer or similar means sometimes at odd hours of the night then hangs up when the phone is answered with the hope that the victim will be curious enough to call the number back 1 When the victim does this an automatic 19 95 international call fee is charged to their account as well as 9 00 min thereafter Similar scams have been linked to Antigua area code 268 Jamaica area codes 876 and 658 the Dominican Republic area code 809 and the British Virgin Islands area code 284 2 See also EditList of NANP area codes North American Numbering Plan Area codes in the CaribbeanReferences Edit Steinberg Joseph February 1 2014 Don t Return Calls From These Area Codes It s A Scam Forbes BBB Warns of One Ring Cell Phone Scam Archived from the original on 2015 05 27 Retrieved 2015 05 26 External links EditNorth American Numbering Plan Administrator List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload com 473 Area CodeGrenada area codes 473 North 784West Caribbean Sea Area code 473 East Atlantic OceanSouth 868 country code 58 in VenezuelaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines area codes 784Trinidad and Tobago area codes 868 12 07 N 61 40 W 12 117 N 61 667 W 12 117 61 667 This article related to a telephone area code is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Grenada related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Area code 473 amp oldid 1133137765, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
