“I got your #, Can you guess who I am?” Allen, TX 75002, which is located in Collin county, north side of Dallas, TX. Experts believe 972 area code scam calls originate internationally, often from countries known to harbor scammers such as India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and others. Call centers in these countries use auto-dialer technology to make large volumes of scam calls to the U.S. and other countries. Unfortunately, when recipients do call these 972 numbers back, they are connected to international premium rate numbers that can charge exorbitant per minute fees. These fees range from $10-$50 per minute in some cases. The payments are funneled back to the overseas fraudsters masterminding the scams. The Federal Communications Commission received over 375,000 complaints regarding the (972) area code alone in the last year.
