Regional telecommunications giant LIME (formerly Cable and Wireless) is warning customers to watch out for a scam which could use up the credit on their cellular telephones.

LIME says it has been made aware that some of its customers have been receiving calls or text messages from numbers starting with the area/country code +88213 with a request for a return call or text.

The telecommunications company notes that, if a call is returned to these numbers or a text is sent, customers will be charged US$15 or more than J$1,100 per minute.

According to LIME, this is a global mobile scam which is affecting many telecommunications companies.

Another regional telecommunications company, Digicel, had previously warned its customers to be on the lookout for prank callers.