WR - dolan13 at juno.com: Showmad57 at aol.com: Fwd: this is no joke here

[Dennis J Dolan]

This can happen at home and at work, everyone should be aware...
I've sent this to all my friends last Friday night and I've already had
3 email  me and say that it's already happened to them.

I received a telephone call from an individual identifying himself as an
AT&T Service Technician that was running a test on our telephone lines.
He stated that to complete the test we should touch nine (9), zero (0),
pound sign (#) and hang up. Luckily, we were suspicious and refused.

Upon contacting the telephone company we were informed that by pushing
90# you end up giving the individual that called you access to your
telephone
line and allows them to place a long distance telephone call, with the
charge
appearing on your telephone bill. We were further informed that this scam
has
been originating from many of the local jails/prisons. I have verified
with
UCB
Telecomm that this actually happens.

I called GTE Security this morning and verified that this is definitely
possible and DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE. It will give them access
to your phone line to make long distances calls ANYWHERE!!!!
The GTE Security department told me to go ahead and 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 include this information.



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