Is This True?

[warsawdaddy]

I received this email -----

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 <http://snopes.com/& gt; <http://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 individual identifying himself as an AT&T Service Technician (could also be Telus) who was conducting a test on the telephon e 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 !!!!! PLEASE HIT THAT FORWARD BUTTON AND PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!

 

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[Saturna]

Why the hell does the phone company even make that possible, especially after scammers discover it ?

 

[Smee]

I bet they don't forget to send a bill to the owner of that fax though . . .

The phone company is full of excrement when they tell you they can't locate a number. You used to be able to get on a public phone, dial the local switching office or even the operator, give them a phrase leading them to believe you were working on the phones and get those numbers as well as unlisted numbers . . . that was done away with when the corner phone booth went away and every operator got a computer terminal. Now they can tell when you are throwing the hockey back at them. (reference to Andy Griffith's "And Hockey is what it was")

 

[dpitt8]

shall pass it along....i know i wouldn't fall for it but not everyone has common sense in that type of situation

 

[WindHarvester]

I use whitepages.com's reverse phone search, it generally works well.

 

[Smee]

http://tracker.ahgweb.com --- links to several (always need more than one) reverse searches, people searches (gleaned from credit header searches) and other items including Social Security Number searches and SSDI.