Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:22 PM 5/29/98 -0500, you wrote: >>>Subject: This is NOT a joke! So far, BellSouth has not found a way to >>prevent this from happening. >>>>> He stated that to complete the test we should touch nine (9), zero >>>>> (0), pound sign (#) and hang up. >>>>> >>>>> Luckily, we were suspicious and refused. Upon contacting the >>>>> telephone company we were informed that by pushing 90# you end up >>>>> Please beware. This sounds like an Urban Legend -- IT IS NOT! I >>>>> called GTE Security this morning and verified that this is definitely >>>>> possible and DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE. It will give them access to >>>>> your This is absolutely true. It happend to my employer this morning! And we caught them, after, it turns out for weeks we've been paying for overseas phone calls! - -- ========= Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.