Miami-Dade County Jail Inmates Involved in Phone Scam.

Inmates at Miami-Dade jails have found a way hack into phone lines to
make free collect phone calls.

 As a result many unsuspecting citizens have been left footing large
phone   
bills, according to the Miami Herald. Corrections say there is
little they can do to stop the jail phone scams, which has cost tens of
thousands of dollars.

Miami Jail inmates have figured out a way to call a victim’s fax
number, which is then forwarded to their friend’s home, and the friend
accepts the call but does not have to pay the charges, officials said.

Miami Pretrial Detention Center Jail.

Global Tel*Link, which operates Miami jail collect- and prepaid-call
systems has paid out roughly $200,000 for bogus calls.

Inmates at the Miami-Dade County jails have free access to banks of
phones, and can only make collect or prepaid phone calls of up to 30
minutes.

Miami Jail Corrections officials say, jail phone scams are not new
and typically inmates pretend to be distressed and get the caller to
dial *72 and another phone number to forward their call.

This new phone scam however, enables call forwarding without the
consumer’s knowledge.