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From: n4idz(a)juno.com (allen w nolan)
To: warchief4(a)juno.com
Subject: marg(a)carlnet.org (margarete brandenburg): Scam
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 20:08:03 -0500
Message-ID: <19980610.174512.3438.0.N4IDZ(a)juno.com>
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From: marg(a)carlnet.org (margarete brandenburg)
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Subject: Scam
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 20:40:03 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <v01530501b1a1fdaac61c(a)[207.13.88.196]>
This was forwarded to me and thought it should be sent out again.
Please forward it to all you know as well.
I received a telephone call from an individual identifying himself as
an AT&T Service
Technician who was conducting a test on our telephone lines. He stated
that to complete the test we should touch nine (9), zero (0), the pound
sign (#) and then hang up. Luckily, we were suspicious and refused.
Upon contacting the telephone company we were informed that by pushing
90# you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone
line, which allows them to place a long distance telephone calls billed
to your home phone number. We were further informed that this scam has
been originating from many of the local jails/prisons. I have also
verified this information with UCB Telecomm. Please beware. This
sounds like an Urban Legend - IT IS NOT!!! I further called GTE
Security this morning and verified that this is definitely possible. DO
NOT press 90# for ANYONE. The GTE Security department requested that I
share this information with EVERYONE I KNOW!!! Could you PLEASE pass
this on.
If you have mailing lists and/or newsletters from organizations you
are connected with, I encourage you to pass on this information. We got
the same message from internal Telecommunications at 3M - they notified
me as the receptionist as some of the 3M locations were being hit. It
is very real, and one of the local companies here had over $3000 added
to their phone bill.
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