Message-ID: <20963991.1075858976995.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:34:42 -0800 (PST) From: sandyteb@aol.com Subject: Phone scam Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Sandyteb@aol.com@ENRON X-To: k5jgc@juno.com, mhb13@cornell.edu, sburton@utsa.edu, tlokey@enron.com, Taylor, Diane , taylojp@texaco.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \TLOKEY (Non-Privileged)\sandy X-Origin: Lokey-T X-FileName: TLOKEY (Non-Privileged).pst A friend of mine sent me the following. Please pass info. along to others. Love, Sandy > > Subject: phone warning > > > > I thought I would pass this along.. just in case. > > > > I received a telephone call last evening from an individual >identifying > > himself as an AT&T Service technician who was conducting a test on > > telephone lines. He stated that to complete the test I should touch > > nine(9),zero(0), the pound sign (#), and then hang up. > > Luckily, I was suspicious and refused. Upon contacting the telephone > > company, I was informed that by pushing 90#, you give the requesting > > individual full access to your telephone line, which enables them to > > place > > long distance calls billed to your home phone number. > > I was further informed that this scam has been originating from many > > local > > jails/prisons. > > > > > > I have also verified this information with UCB Telecom, Pacific Bell, > > MCI, > > Bell Atlantic and GTE. Please beware. DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE. > > > > > > The GTE Security Department requested that I share this information >with > > EVERYONE I KNOW. > > > > PLEASE pass this on to everyone YOU know. If you have mailing lists > > and/or > > newsletters from organizations you are connected with, I encourage you >to > > pass on this information to them, too. After checking with Verizon >they > > said it was true so do not dial (9),zero(0), the pound sign # and hang >up > > for anyone.