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Subject: 
FW: Just in case
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date: 
Tue, 5 May 1998 15:07:00 GMT
Original-From: 
Lewis Cornick <lewis.cornick@silversands.(stopspammers)co.uk>
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I don't know how valid this is, but just in case...

Tony Roberti
Programmer, ACPS Animated Systems Team 7
RobertA@isd.flightsafety.com

I received a telephone call from an individual identifying • himself
as
an AT&T Service Technician who was conducting a test on our • telephone
lines.  He stated that to complete the test we should touch nine • (9),
zero (0), the pound sign (#) and then hang up. Luckily, we were
suspicious and refused.  Upon contacting the telephone company we • were
informed that by pushing 90# you give the requesting individual • full
access to your telephone line, which allows them to place a long
distance telephone calls billed to your home phone number.  We • were
further informed that this scam has been originating from many of • the
local jails/prisons. I have also verified this information with • UCB
Telecomm.

     Please beware.   This sounds like an Urban Legend - IT IS • NOT!!!
I further called GTE Security this morning and verified that this • is
definitely possible.  DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE. The GTE • Security
department requested that I 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 pass on this information.

Nancee Hunkins
Tarkio R-1 Schools
312 S. 11th
Tarkio, Missouri 64491

[Lewis]  Thanks

Lewis Cornick
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Software Developer
Silversands Computers Ltd.
Shareware VB Add-Ins (Written By Me) Available On My HomePage

www :       http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/1768
E-Mail:      l_cornick@hotmail.com
ICQ:   11508290
Work:        http://www.silversands.co.uk
E-Mail:      lewis.cornick@silversands.co.uk

Any opinions expressed are solely my own unless otherwise stated
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