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Date:	Mon, 5 Apr 1999 03:36:50 PST8PDT
From:	Tony Anton <adanton@ibm.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-General: Re: Phone scam

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Jack Pfisterer wrote:
>
> Tony Anton wrote:
> > Sheridan George wrote:
> > > "Upon contacting the telephone company, I was informed that by
> > > pushing 90#, you give the requesting individual full access to
> > > your phone line. [This] allows them to place long distance
> > > telephone calls billed to your home phone number. ...
>
> Hi, Tony, et al -
>
> I passed this warning along myself, but now looks like it is about 95%
> hoax. Something similar can work to a limited degree in some PBX
> situations, but not on private telephone lines.
>
> For details, see: http://korova.com/virus/hoax980212.htm
>

At MCAS El Toro it was the base phone system that was hit. It is true
that individual phones are not affected.

Tony

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