From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 30 06:17:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA13382 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 06:17:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from TomQNX.tomqnx.com (cpu2745.adsl.bellglobal.com [207.236.55.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA13372 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 06:17:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@tomqnx.com) Received: by TomQNX.tomqnx.com (Smail3.2 #1) id m0zZFMP-000HytC; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:17:05 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: From: tom@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home) Subject: Fw: Phone Scam Alert (fwd) To: ptorrance@shl.com, ktorrance@nelson.com, jeanie@tomqnx.com, ai369@rocketmail.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:17:05 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=ELM909757025-7189-0_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --ELM909757025-7189-0_ Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: Forwarded message from Alan Landsberg Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: Received: from mx1.magmacom.com by TomQNX.tomqnx.com with esmtp (Smail3.2 #1) id m0zZ21H-000HytC; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:02:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from mag1.magmacom.com (mag1.magmacom.com [206.191.0.210]) by mx1.magmacom.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA23232; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:02:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from zedajal (port38.magma.ca [206.191.5.38]) by mag1.magmacom.com (8.8.8/8.8.6) with SMTP id TAA25711; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:01:40 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000601be0333$99868d20$2605bfce@zedajal> From: "Alan Landsberg" To: "Youdell Diana -CIDA" , "Yossel" , "David Wright" , "Whelan, Greg" , "Greg Whelan" , "Greg Whelan" , "Valerie Ward" , "George Venner" , "Laurie Van Hoorn" , "Trahan, Dan" , "Tom Torrance" , "Shah, Girish" , "Sansom, Dick" , "Dick Sansom" , "Bill Rutledge" , "Dorothy Riddle" , "Ron Pimblett" , "Todd Pellerin" , "Angela Patterson" , "Cameron Passmore" , "Rita Paleschuck" , "Claire Ouellet" , "Elaine CycleMomma O'Reilly" , "Carol Ann Musser" , "Harold Murdock" , "Mary McWhinney" , "Ray McNeil" , "Susan McMurray" , "Kent McLean" , "Carol and Don McKinley" , "Marvin MacRae" , "Al Malo" , "Otto Magnus" , "Carole Magnus" , "MacNeil, Ray" , "Barbara MacCallum" , "Meg Luxton" , "Lansdowne Outdoor Recreation Park" , "Bruce Lindsay" , "Bill Lidington" , "Ilana Lewis" , "Avi Lewis" , "John & Barb Larocque" , "Stephen @work Landsberg" , "Stephen @home Landsberg" , "Peter Landsberg" , "Michele @ work Landsberg" , "Michele @ home Landsberg" , "Marc David Landsberg" , "John @ work Michael Landsberg" , "John @ home Michael Landsberg" , "David @home Landsberg" , "Landsberg, David" , "Alan Landsberg" , "Leo Klump" , "Harish Kapoor" , "Johnson, Steve" , "Joe & Louise" , "Isabella Bakker" <76602.1251@compuserve.com>, "Enid and Zelig Hurwitz" , "Wally Humphries" , "Jim Humphries" , "John Herzog" , "Stephanie Glassman" , "Diana Fox" , "Bob Fitzsimons" , "Angelo Faria" , "Tom Erickson" , "Lorne Doolan" , "Lawrence Doolan" , "Donna Lee" , "Desruisseaux, Laurent" , "Vic & Fran Charlebois" , "Caspersen, Karen" , "Carriere, Bernard" , "Jan Campbell-Luxton" , "Brian Cahill" , "Peter Businger" , "Francine Burel" , "John David Brondolo" , "Brian and Barbara" , "Maria Booth" , "Tony Boeckh" , "@ UK Bezansons" , "Tim Bezanson" , "Kate @ York Bezanson" , "Dave (MacDonald) Bennett" , "Danielle J. Belanger" , "Mona Barakat" , "George-CSD Arsenijevic" Subject: Fw: Phone Scam Alert Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 06:58:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 1 X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mx1.magmacom.com id TAA23232 there are so many dopey alarmist messages coming over the internet that i don't pass them on any more unless i have some reason to believe they're valid. in this case i simply phoned the bell and they confirmed that thi= s is a real scam and that the alert is bona fide ... alan _________________________________________________________________________= ___ ____________ (LA VERSION FRAN=C7AISE SUIT PLUS BAS.) The purpose of this e-mail is to alert people about a possible fraudulent scam. See message below that was forward to me from a colleague. Please notify as many friends and contacts as possible. I received a telephone call today from an individual identifying himself = as an AT&T Service Technician who was conducting a test on our telephone lin= es. 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, wh= ich allows them to place long distance telephone calls billed to your home ph= one number. I was further informed that this scam has been originating from m= any of the local jails/prisons. I have also verified this information with UCB telecomm, Pacific Bell, MC= I, Bell Atlantic, GTE and NYNEX. Please beware. DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE. The GTE Security Department requested that I share this information with EVERYONE I KNOW. PLEASE pa= ss this on to everyone YOU know. If you have mailing lists and/or newsletter= s from organizations you are connected with, I encourage you to pass on thi= s information to them, too. Ron Hamelin ------------------------------------- Le but de ce e-mail est pour alerter les gens concernant des appels t=E9l=E9phoniques frauduleuses possible. J'ai re=E7u ce courriel d'une c= oll=E8gue qui se r=E9sume ainsi: Ron Hamelin qui travaille =E0 l'=E9difice Vanier a re=E7u un appel d'un i= ndividu s'identifiant comme un technicien de AT&T qui effectuait un test sur les lignes t=E9l=E9phoniques. Pour compl=E9ter ce test le technicien demande= de peser sur le neuf (9), zero (0), et le di=E8se (#) et raccrocher. Heureusement= , puisque Ron =E9tait suspect, il a refus=E9. Par la suite, il a =E9t=E9 inform=E9 par une compagnie de t=E9l=E9phone,q= ue s'il avait effectu=E9 le 90#, il aurait donn=E9 =E0 l'individu l'acc=E8s complet =E0= sa ligne t=E9l=E9phonique, qui veut dire que l'individu aurait pu placer des appel= s interurbains qui aurait =E9t=E9 factur=E9 =E0 son num=E9ro de t=E9l=E9pho= ne =E0 la maison. Ron a =E9t=E9 aussi inform=E9 que l'origine de cette fraude provient des = prisons. Cette information a =E9t=E9 v=E9rifi=E9 avec UCB Telecom, Pacific Bell, M= CI, Bell Atlantic, GTE and NYNEX. S.V.P. NE PAS FAIRE CETTE COMBINAISON 90# POUR PERSONNE. S.V.P. Avertir autant d'amis et coll=E8gues que possible. --ELM909757025-7189-0_-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message