Even before the appearance of mobile devices, we have all received a call from a person who has been confused when dialing one of the numbers and by chance it has been our mobile or landline number. It is a situation that continues to happen very often and nothing happens. The bad thing is to receive a call or message with the prefix 212, since the probability that you are being a victim of a scam is very high.
Today, the warnings on social networks and television, among others, of the problems that they create the SMS and also calls that we are receiving almost every day from unknown numbers or with a prefix from other countries where we don't know anyone. Some smartphones are already prepared with a caller ID that tells us which part of the world is calling us, thus preventing us from picking up. The question is: whose is that number with such a suspicious prefix?
To which country does the Prefix 212 belong?
To start having clear data, the prefix 212 is the area code of Morocco. This prefix 212 is an international telephone code, as you may already suppose, that several years ago the national police, civil guard and other authorities warned of the possible telephone scam and swishing, a variant of Phishing. These terms refer to possible scams through our telephone device, trying to swindle us through SMS.
Note that atIn addition to the 212 prefix, there are other prefixes that are usually called SPAM and also come from Morocco. Keep in mind that the prefix 212 in Morocco then has another prefix associated with the locality, as you can see. For example, if they call you from Casablanca you will see that the number is 212-(20 or 521) depending on the area, since it may belong to Beni Mellal or Berrechid for example. We leave you a list with the prefixes of Morocco.
- 20 Casablanca
- 521 Casablanca
- 521 Beni Mellal
- 521 Berrechid
- 521 El Jadida
- 521 Khouribga
- 521 settat
521 Mohammedia - 5222 Casablanca
- 5223 Casablanca
- 5224 Casablanca
- 5225 Casablanca
- 5226 Casablanca
- 5227 Casablanca
- 5228 Casablanca
- 5229 Casablanca
- 5232 Mohammedia
- 5233 The Jedi
- 5233 Mohammedia
- 5234 settat
5235 Oued Zem - 5237 settat
- 5242 The Kelaa des Sraghna
- 5243 Marrakesh
- 5244 Marrakesh
- 5246 El Youssoufia
- 5246 Saphi
- 5247 Essaouira
- 5248 Ouarzazate
- 525 Marrakesh
- 525 Agadir
- 525 dakhla
- 525 Essaouira
- 525 Laayoune
- 525 Ouarzazate
- 525 Saphi
- 5282 Agadir
- 5282 Ait Meloul
- 5282 Inezgane
- 5283 Inezgane
- 5283 Taroudannt
- 5285 Oulad Teima
- 5285 Taroudannt
- 5286 Tiznit
- 52867 Lakhsas
- 5287 Guelmim
- 5287 so so
- 5288 Agadir
- 5288 Es-Semara
- 5288 Tarfaya
- 5289 dakhla
- 5289 Laayoune
- 5290 Casablanca
- 52980 Marrakesh
- 52990 Agadir
- 530 Discount
- 530 Kenitra
- 531 Tanger
- 531 Al Hoceima
- 531 Larache
- 531 Tetouan
- 532 Fes
- 532 Errachidia
- 532 Meknes
- 532 Nador
- 532 oujda
- 532 cup
- 5352 cup
- 5353 Midelt
- 5354 Meknes
- 5355 Meknes
- 5356 Fes
- 5357 Goulmima
- 5358 Ifrane
- 5359 Fes
- 5362 Berkane
- 5363 Nador
- 5365 oujda
- 5366 Figuig
- 5366 oujda
- 5367 Bouarfa
- 5367 oujda
- 5368 Figuig
- 5372 Discount
- 5373 Kenitra
- 5374 Ouazzane
- 5375 Sidi Slimane
- 5375 Khemisset
- 5376 Discount
- 5376 Temara
- 5377 Discount
- 5378 I went out
- 5379 Souk Larbaa
5380 Discount - 53880 Tanger
- 53890 Fes
- 53890 Meknes
- 5393 Tanger
- 5394 Assilah
- 5395 Larache
- 5396 Fnideq
- 5396 Hammer
- 5396 Mdiq
- 5397 Tetouan
- 5398 Al Hoceima
- 5398 Chefchaouen
- 5399 Al Hoceima
- 5399 Larache
- 5399 Tanger
As we discussed earlier, the authorities have been alerting the population for years about possible scams or scams What is behind those insistent calls that come from numbers that start with the prefix 212. As you can see, this is not something new, but you should be careful since its purpose is to get your money with special rate numbers. From here we recommend that if you do not have any relatives, friends or acquaintances living in Morocco, do not trust yourself and let it ring or do not even answer, this way you will almost certainly avoid more than one disappointment. The same with the SMS that can reach you with that prefix.
Not only the prefix 212 is possible scam or scam, the authorities have warned of a large number of prefixes behind which organized groups are also hiding with a well-formed plan to defraud the greatest number of people.
More common prefixes that are scams
Others of the most common scam prefixes are 355 (Albania), 225 (Ivory Coast) 233 (Ghana). The problem with this is that on many occasions there have been situations in which they also send messages using well-known instant messaging applications such as Telegram, WhatsApp to close the scam.
For this reason, if you are receiving calls from any of the prefixes that we have indicated above, the best thing you can do is start blocking the number and ignore these calls to avoid unnecessary headaches.
It doesn't matter what they try to sell you or the temptation they are offering you because they simply it is a scam with total probability. So, unless you have family in Morocco uncles call occasionally, on the one hand, we are going to recommend that you absolutely ignore any call you receive through the 212 prefix since it is most likely going to be a new scam or attempt deception to empty your bank account.
Last If they have tried to scam you through WhatsApp or other instant messaging platforms, we also recommend blocking the sender. who sent you the suspected spam message to avoid unnecessary headaches.
Unfortunately, as you may have seen, there are many options with which to try to swindle you through phone calls, spam messages and other systems with which to empty your bank account and give you a hard time. So follow these tips and avoid unnecessary headaches by blocking any calls from the 212 prefix to avoid wasting time unnecessarily.
