Just received this in my email, beware of this telephone scam.
> Subject: telephone scam>
> I dialed '0' and asked the operator who
> did comfirm that this was correct so please pass it on .
>
> Pass it to everyone you know.
>
> I received a call last evening from an individual identifying
> himself as an AT&T service technician (could be Telus) who was
> conducting a test on the 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 [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"]
DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE [/FONT]! The GTE Security
> Department requested that I share this information with EVERYONE
> I KNOW. After checking with Telus, they said it was true, so do
> not dial 90# for anyone!!!!!
>
> PLEASE HIT THAT FORWARD BUTTON AND PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE
> YOU KNOW
>
> Vivian Thompson, Crime Prevention Coordinator
>
> South Surrey District 5 RCMP
>
> 604-592-3826 E-mail [A href="vny!://by103fd.bay103.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&msg=62A97341-E257-42CD-A29C-0258FE89E59A&start=0&len=12177&src=&type=x&
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Thank you, Lise. That's good information to have.
I've just e-mailed it to several people.
Errrrrrrr.....sort of true, sort of not true. Details:
[a href="vny!://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/jailcall.asp"]vny!://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/jailcall.asp[/a]
Excerpt:
"[font color="#000000" face="Trebuchet MS,Bookman Old Style,Arial"]However, this warning is overblown in that there is practically no chance that the scam outlined above could affect the average residential or cell phone customer. Unless you're staying at a hotel or using a phone in some other setting where you have to press '9' to obtain an outside line, the only result you'll obtain from trying this is likely to be a fast busy signal."[/font]
Oh really, TB? Nevertheless, I'm not pressing any buttons on my phone for anyone... unless of course, it's a line connected to DiscoverSeattle hot love line.