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>From: wallace i sampson <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: [healthfraud] phone scam
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>Date:  10/22/98  8:11 AM
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>RE:    phone scam
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>From: Daniel Sampson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: phone scam
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>>Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:48:22 -0400
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: phone scam
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>>     I called Pac Bell.. they confirmed it.  yikes.  Pass it on to the
>family?
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>>=                                    NBC MAIL
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>>      =RE:= =telephone scam alert            = Wed Oct 21 15:38 1998 READ
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>>      =RE:= =Fwd: >Telephone Scam Alert (fwd)= Wed Oct 21 14:51 1998 READ
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>>    =FROM:= =Cecilia Alvear <[log in to unmask]>
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>>      =TO:= =cecilia alvear <alvear%tv@es1>
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>>Cecilia Alvear
>>National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
>>Burbank, California
>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 23:31:48 -0600
>>From: Bill Knowles <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>>To: Multiple recipients of list <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Fwd: >Telephone Scam Alert

>>The following, received from a long time friend, is forwarded in the
>>interest of all subscribers, since we all use the telephone an awful lot.
>>
>>Bill Knowles
>>list mgr
>>
>>*********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE ***********
>>
>>>--------------------------------------
>>>Date: 10/19/98 6:35 PM
>>>
>>>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, I as 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 long distance
>>>telephone calls billed to your home phone number.
>>>
>>>I was further informed that this scam is originating from many of the
>>local
>>>jails and prisons. I have also verified this information with UCB
>>Telecomm.
>>>Please be aware. 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.
>>>
>>>I also called my local provider, USWEST, and they said the same thing. 90#
>>is
>>>a phone scam...do not push those buttons for anyone. It does allow them
>>full
>>>access to your phone.
>>>
>>
>>*********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE ***********
>>
>>
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>Worry is like a rocking chair - it gives you something to do but it
>doesn't get you anywhere. -Dorothy Galyean
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>Daniel E. Sampson
>Earth Sciences
>Univ. of Calif.
>Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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