Date:         Thu, 28 Oct 1999 07:19:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Yochi Cohen-Charash <yochic@SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU>
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From:         Yochi Cohen-Charash <yochic@SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Fwd: Beware of 90#
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>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:04:07 EDT
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>
> >  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.  Please let your
> > friends know.
> >
> >   >>
> >

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Yochi Cohen-Charash
Department of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley
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