From The Consigliere's™ Desk Phone scam

From The Consigliere's™ Desk

E very once and a while something will come across The Consigliere's™ desk that he feels he should share with everyone. This was received and is an old scam popping its ugly head up again. Beware of this, It could happen to you! This is not a joke or a story, This is fact!.

At the bottom of this page we have included an email form you can pass this page on to everyone you know.

This is about a "Telephone Scam"

Subject: SUSPICIOUS PHONE CALL-BE CAREFUL!
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 02:39:46 +0000

I received a telephone call last evening from an individual identifying himself as an AT&T Service technician who was conducting a test on 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. I have also verified this information with UCB, Telecom, Pacific Bell, MCI, Bell Atlantic and GTE. Please beware.
DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE.

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, too. After checking with Verizon they said it was true, so DO NOT dial(9), zero(0), the pound sign # and hang up, for anyone

In addition, a lady here in Montana got a call from a man who said he was from her credit card company and that she had overpaid her bill. In order to refund the money, he needed to verify her credit card number.
She wasn't about to fall for that.

BE SKEPTICAL!

P lease include the following in the "comments" box when you send this page. If you are going to add more than one email address to send to use a comma between addresses and no spaces between any of the addresses..

This is not a joke, Please read this page about a telephone scam that is being perpetrated on people all over the United States
https://www.angelfire.com/ny5/theconsigliere1949/archives/phonescam.html/

Contributed by:
Christi_Smiles
18 August, 2001
Credits:
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