Don’t Answer Phone Calls From These 5 Area Codes

There's nothing worse than when you get a phone call in the middle of doing something important and you have to make a decision on whether to answer it because you don't recognize the number! Do you answer it? Or let it go to voicemail? These days there are so many scammers it's difficult to know what's right. Well this might help...there are FIVE area codes you should be wary of, according to Social Catfish: 268 (Antigua and Barbuda), 876 (Jamaica), 473 (Grenada and Carriacou), 649 (Turks and Caicos Islands) and 284 (British Virgin Islands). All of these have been tied to various types of fraud. If you’re looking for ways to prevent scammers from calling your phone, you can add your number to the National Do Not Call Registry. You can also utilize call-blocking software to send unknown callers straight to voicemail or prevent them from contacting you altogether. Remember NO MATTER WHAT don't ever give out financial information or your social security number over the phone.