"Mobile users worldwide, including Malta, are receiving unexpected calls from different international telephone numbers as part of a massive, global scam with the objective to entice them to call back.
These calls are usually dropped after a few rings resulting in missed calls on the recipients’ mobile phones. This characteristic has lent itself to the use of the industry term Wangiri, which translates to ‘one ring and cut’ in Japanese, to refer to such calls. The recipient is often tempted into calling back the number listed as a missed call.
No charges apply when one answers such calls while in Malta or while roaming in a country within the EU or EEA namely Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. However, international call charges generally apply if a person calls back by redialling the international number."
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