Hoax from a telephone landline?

**Ungas** · October 22nd, 2003 10:38 PM

Received this from forwarded email message, can anyone confirm this?

WARNING FOR THOSE WITH TELEPHONE (LAND LINE), Please
read!
FYI.....

I received a telephone call last evening from an
individual identifying himself as a PLDT Service
technician who was conducting a test on telephone
lines. He stated that to complete the test I should
touch nine (9), zero(0), then 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.
Please beware.

DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE. The NTC Security
Department requested that I share this information
with EVERYONE I KNOW.PLEASE pass this on to everyone
YOU know. If you have mailing lists and/or newsletters
from organizations you are connected with, I encourage
you to pass on this information to them, too. After
checking ,they said it was true, so do not dial
nine(9), zero(0), then pound sign # and hang up, for
anyone

**kiper** · October 22nd, 2003 11:40 PM

PLDT or Bayantel?

calling sir Alfy..!!

**Karding** · October 23rd, 2003 01:34 AM

Same HOAX happened in the US. Not intended/affected for HOME unless na may PBX kayo sa bahay.

Find out about the 9-0-# phone scam
The 9-0-# scam has been around for years and is directed at businesses, hospitals, government agencies and other organizations that use telephone switching equipment called private branch exchanges (PBXs) to handle their calls.

This type of fraud involves a perpetrator who calls an office and cons an unsuspecting worker into transferring him or her to an outside line. The perpetrator then starts dialing calls that are charged to the owner of the PBX. In this latest version, the caller claims to be an AT&T service technician "repairing" the phone lines and convinces the recipient of the call to help out by transferring him to an outside line and then hanging up.

Below are some points about this scam worth remembering:

This scam doesn't affect residential customers; its target is businesses.
An AT&T service technician would never call customers and ask them to help check phone lines.
The scam is generating a lot of interest in the media and over the Internet, but our network fraud experts report no increase in the number of fraud cases as a result of this notoriety.
The best prevention against this type of fraud is for business managers to make their office staffs aware of it and to review what to do if it happens.
If someone receives such a call, he or she should ask the "technician" for a call-back number or for the name and number of the caller's supervisor. Then hang up.
To report this or any other phone scams AT&T business customers should call their account representatives. You also can call the AT&T Business Customer Care Center at 1-800-222-0400, or report the scam to your local law enforcement agency.

**mantoy** · October 23rd, 2003 12:26 PM

urban legend lang yan.

**zero** · October 23rd, 2003 05:13 PM

arrooo!!

parang dugu-dugo gang!!??

**NightRock** · October 23rd, 2003 06:36 PM

Nasa Inbox ko rin to kanina ahhh... matagal na yan Urban legend hindi lang naman dyan sa Philippines kumalat yan.. sa Europe din dati marami akong narinig na ganyan.. kesyo nag bill ng marami yung land line nila...

Calling Sir Alfred!!!! totoo ba to??

**krscla** · October 23rd, 2003 07:27 PM

Hindi siguro totoo ito kasi walang notice from PLDT o Bayantel... :D

**Karding** · October 24th, 2003 01:49 AM

Gaya ng sinabi ko, TOTOO ito pero affected ka lang kung may PBX ka sa bahay. Otherwise, whoever owns your PBX, they will be billed or not billed but the call will be FREE. In this case, malulugi ang TelCo mo at hindi kayo. Kung sa businesses naman, yung business ang lugi.

yung previous quote ko dito galing sa AT&T website mismo:
http://www.att.com/fraud/90pound.html