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Submitted by Clay Carey on Sun, 03/21/2010 - 17:02
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Moderator(s) if this has been posted elsewhere or if indeed it is false (my phone repair man sent it to me), please feel free to delete.

Subject: Phone Scam

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90# on your telephone

I dialed '0', to check this out, asked the operator,
who confirmed that this was correct so please pass it on .
(l also checked out Snopes.com.
This is true, and also applies to cell phones!)
PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW

I received a telephone call last evening from an individualidentifying himself as an AT&T Service Technician (could also be Telus) who was conducting a test on the 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.
DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE.

The GTE Security Department requested that I share this
information with EVERYONE I KNOW.

After checking with Verizon they also said it was true, so do not dial 90# for anyone !!!!!

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Unless you need to dial 9 for an outside line, it's nothing

Submitted by MikeLawson on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 13:42.

If you do need to dial 9, there is a remote possibility that diailing 9-0-# will transfer the call to an outside operator. If someone called my employer and tried this, I'd do it. Who cares. (I haven't had an employer for many years--can ya tell ;)

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probably not true

Submitted by scnlp on Sun, 03/21/2010 - 17:25.

I appreciate those of us in the freedom movement spreading vital information, but in some cases, these items are not accurate. In Freedom.

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/jailcall.asp

Thanks

Submitted by fishman5 on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 13:32.

Thanks for posting this information. If we can prevent just one more person from getting ripped off by these telephone scam artists in jail.

http://www.totaltransformationscam.com

Thank you for that info.

Submitted by Jiminy Cricket on Sun, 03/21/2010 - 17:14.

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