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>X-From_: [log in to unmask] Fri Oct 23 03:51:53 1998 >X-Delivered: at request of bin on venus >Mailing-List: contact [log in to unmask]; run by ezmlm >Delivered-To: mailing list [log in to unmask] >Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 03:43:58 -0400 >From: wallace i sampson <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: wallace i sampson <[log in to unmask]> >To: HF <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: [healthfraud] phone scam > > > >-------------Forwarded Message----------------- > >From: Daniel Sampson, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] >To: [unknown], INTERNET:[log in to unmask] > [unknown], INTERNET:[log in to unmask] > [unknown], INTERNET:[log in to unmask] > [unknown], INTERNET:[log in to unmask] > [unknown], INTERNET:[log in to unmask] > [unknown], INTERNET:[log in to unmask] > [unknown], INTERNET:[log in to unmask] > [unknown], 76453,1565 > >Date: 10/22/98 8:11 AM > >RE: phone scam > >Sender: [log in to unmask] >Received: from emerald.ucsc.edu (emerald.UCSC.EDU [128.114.26.88]) > by hil-img-10.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/2.14) with SMTP id LAA17732 > for <[log in to unmask]>; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:11:13 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from hanalei.ucsc.edu by emerald.ucsc.edu (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) > id IAA26203; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:06:31 -0700 >Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) >Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:11:58 -0700 >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] >From: Daniel Sampson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: phone scam >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> >>From: [log in to unmask] >>Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:48:22 -0400 >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: phone scam >>Content-Length: 3204 >> >> I called Pac Bell.. they confirmed it. yikes. Pass it on to the >family? >> >> >>= NBC MAIL > >> =RE:= =telephone scam alert = Wed Oct 21 15:38 1998 READ > >> =FROM:= =alvear >= >> =TO:= =burall >= >> =CC:= = >= >>=MODIFIED:= = >= >>Received: by tv_b (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) >> id PAA26027; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:38:07 -0400 >>Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:38:07 -0400 >> >>= NBC MAIL > >> =RE:= =Fwd: >Telephone Scam Alert (fwd)= Wed Oct 21 14:51 1998 READ > >> =FROM:= =Cecilia Alvear <[log in to unmask]> >= >> =TO:= =cecilia alvear <alvear%tv@es1> >= >>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >> >>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 *********** >> >> >> Because e-mail can be altered electronically, >> the integrity of this communication cannot be guaranteed. >> >Worry is like a rocking chair - it gives you something to do but it >doesn't get you anywhere. -Dorothy Galyean >******************************************************** >Daniel E. Sampson >Earth Sciences >Univ. of Calif. >Santa Cruz, CA 95064 >[log in to unmask] >(831) 459-4992 >(831) 459-3074 FAX > >Note new area code as of July 11, 1998: 831 >******************************************* > >************************************************************************* >* Send mail to [log in to unmask] for a list of available commands, >* including help in UNSUBSCRIBING... >* >* DO NOT, NOT, NOT, SEND SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS TO THE LIST. >************************************************************************ >