Dialing a US Number

[mudgirl]

1 hour ago, ibarra said:

It appears from the post I cited that 833 numbers may be being used by scammers.  Post suggests not to use 833 numbers.  Here's the link:

https://www.chapala.com/webboard/index.php?/topic/89187-833-toll-free-number-in-the-us/

 

It's a Govt. of Canada number straight off their website.

[dottiejane]

icalled wells this am - oo1 880 plus number and got through - of course that was the easy part - the hard part is the security  code they now want to get on line and i can't get it due to no us phone number anymore and they won't use mexican - after 15 minutes on an 800 call, noone had a clue as to what to do - so good luck.

[chapalence]

9 hours ago, dottiejane said:

icalled wells this am - oo1 880 plus number and got through - of course that was the easy part - the hard part is the security  code they now want to get on line and i can't get it due to no us phone number anymore and they won't use mexican - after 15 minutes on an 800 call, noone had a clue as to what to do - so good luck.

I had this issue with a US government agency once.

I asked for help amongst my friends and a kind person with a US  number offered to let me have the code sent to her phone, then she relayed the code to me via messenger. Easy-breezy.

 

[cedros]

On 5/6/2022 at 4:57 PM, ibarra said:

I called Chase bank this morning.  Used 001 880xxxx. I have also used the international number which is on the back of all of our bank cards.  FYI we have never in 24 years in MX put a plus sign in front of any numbers when making international calls, always use 001.

Yes phoning to the US or Canada has changed but they have not told us.