[meteorite-list] [Fwd: scam]

From: Walter Sullivan <wsulliva_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:24 2004
Message-ID: <3C8127AC.6060308_at_ix.netcom.com>

On general principles, I don't forward these things. Mostly thery're a
silly way of finding out who your friends are, as if you didn't already
know. But I know the sender of this one quite well. He is a retired CA
judge, and very little gets pas him. So, take it for what it's worth.

Alana

> PLEASE PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
>
> > I received a telephone call last evening from an individual
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> identifying
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> > himself as an AT&T Service technician who was conducting a test on
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> > telephone lines. He stated that to complete the test I should touch
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> > nine(9), zero(0), the pound sign (#), and then hang up. Luckily, I was
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> > suspicious and refused.
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> > Upon contacting the telephone company, I was informed that by pushing
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> 90#,
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> > you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone line,
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> > which enables them to place long distance calls billed to your home
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> phone
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> > number.
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> > I was further informed that this scam has been originating from many
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> local
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> >
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> > jails/prisons. I have also verified this information with UCB Telecom,
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>
> > Pacific Bell, MCI, Bell Atlantic and GTE. Please beware. DO NOT press
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> 90#
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> > for ANYONE. The GTE Security Department requested that I share this
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> > information with EVERYONE I KNOW. PLEASE pass this on to everyone YOU
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> > know.
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> > If you have mailing lists and/or newsletters from organizations you
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> are
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> > connected with, I encourage you to pass on this information to
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> them,too.
>
> > After checking with Verizon they said it was true, so do not dial (9),
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> > zero(0), the pound sign # and hang up for anyone.
>
> > <<PLEASE PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW >>
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> >
>
> >
>
Received on Sat 02 Mar 2002 02:27:40 PM PST