Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:17:05 -0500 (EST) From: tom@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home) To: ptorrance@shl.com, ktorrance@nelson.com, jeanie@tomqnx.com, ai369@rocketmail.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Fw: Phone Scam Alert (fwd) Message-ID: <m0zZFMP-000HytC@TomQNX.tomqnx.com>
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Subject: Fw: Phone Scam Alert
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 06:58:37 -0500
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there are so many dopey alarmist messages coming over the internet that i
don't pass them on any more unless i have some reason to believe they're
valid. in this case i simply phoned the bell and they confirmed that thi=
s
is a real scam and that the alert is bona fide ... alan
_________________________________________________________________________=
___
____________
(LA VERSION FRAN=C7AISE SUIT PLUS BAS.)
The purpose of this e-mail is to alert people about a possible fraudulent
scam. See message below that was forward to me from a colleague. Please
notify as many friends and contacts as possible.
I received a telephone call today from an individual identifying himself =
as
an AT&T Service Technician who was conducting a test on our telephone lin=
es.
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, wh=
ich
allows them to place long distance telephone calls billed to your home ph=
one
number. I was further informed that this scam has been originating from m=
any
of the local jails/prisons.
I have also verified this information with UCB telecomm, Pacific Bell, MC=
I,
Bell Atlantic, GTE and NYNEX.
Please beware. DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE. The GTE Security Department
requested that I share this information with EVERYONE I KNOW. PLEASE pa=
ss
this on to everyone YOU know. If you have mailing lists and/or newsletter=
s
from organizations you are connected with, I encourage you to pass on thi=
s
information to them, too.
Ron Hamelin
-------------------------------------
Le but de ce e-mail est pour alerter les gens concernant des appels
t=E9l=E9phoniques frauduleuses possible. J'ai re=E7u ce courriel d'une c=
oll=E8gue
qui se r=E9sume ainsi:
Ron Hamelin qui travaille =E0 l'=E9difice Vanier a re=E7u un appel d'un i=
ndividu
s'identifiant comme un technicien de AT&T qui effectuait un test sur les
lignes t=E9l=E9phoniques. Pour compl=E9ter ce test le technicien demande=
de peser
sur le neuf (9), zero (0), et le di=E8se (#) et raccrocher. Heureusement=
,
puisque Ron =E9tait suspect, il a refus=E9.
Par la suite, il a =E9t=E9 inform=E9 par une compagnie de t=E9l=E9phone,q=
ue s'il avait
effectu=E9 le 90#, il aurait donn=E9 =E0 l'individu l'acc=E8s complet =E0=
sa ligne
t=E9l=E9phonique, qui veut dire que l'individu aurait pu placer des appel=
s
interurbains qui aurait =E9t=E9 factur=E9 =E0 son num=E9ro de t=E9l=E9pho=
ne =E0 la maison.
Ron a =E9t=E9 aussi inform=E9 que l'origine de cette fraude provient des =
prisons.
Cette information a =E9t=E9 v=E9rifi=E9 avec UCB Telecom, Pacific Bell, M=
CI, Bell
Atlantic, GTE and NYNEX.
S.V.P. NE PAS FAIRE CETTE COMBINAISON 90# POUR PERSONNE.
S.V.P. Avertir autant d'amis et coll=E8gues que possible.
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