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Prepaid Phone Cards: What Consumers Should Know

October 26, 2016

telephone-cardsPrepaid phone cards can be purchased and used for a flat fee to make long distance telephone calls.  Cards provide you a specified amount of call time to certain destinations. For example, advertisements for these cards may offer “$5 for 1000 Minutes to Guatemala.”

After purchasing a card, you use it by calling an access number, which can be either a local telephone number or a toll-free number. You will then be prompted to provide your personal identification number, usually listed on the card you purchased, and the telephone number you wish to call.  An automated voice may tell you how much time you have left on your card, as well as give you other information or options.

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