| Status | Hoax | | Comments | This email alleges that by dialing 90# on your phone & then hanging up, per request of the "telephone company," 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. | | Description | DO NOT push 90# on your home phone.
Got a call last night 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 I should touch nine (9), zero (0), hash (#) 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 allows them to place long distance telephone calls billed to your home phone number. I was further informed that this scam has been originating from many of the local jails/prisons.
DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE. PLEASE pass this on to your friends.
If you have mailing lists and/or newsletters from organisations you are connected with, I encourage you to pass this on.
The GTE Security Department requested that I share this information with EVERYONE I KNOW. PLEASE pass this on to everyone YOU know. If you have mailing lists and/or newsletters from organizations you are connected with, I encourage you to pass on this information to them.
After checking with Verizon they said it was true, so do not dial (9),zero(0), the pound sign # and hang up for anyone.
PLEASE PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
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