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Re: Telephone Scam/off list message

To: <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Telephone Scam/off list message
From: "Phil Kingsbury" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 09:24:55 -0000
Priority: low
Reply-to: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>If you are contacted by someone alleging they are a telephone engineer
doing
>a line test and asking you to dial 90# (nine zero hash) DON'T. This
sequence
>will apparently enable a third party to run up charges on YOUR account. It
>seems that it applies to both land line and mobile phones.
>


Bit of a "dead granny" this one - while it works on the USA, it only works
in the UK if the call is routed through a switchboard which supports call
divert (or some such). Basically if you're called on your home phone it's
not a problem, and if you're called at work I guess that unless you own the
company and pay the bills it's not really your problem either :-)

Phil Kingsbury
Godalming Band (just about to drive to Stevenage)


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