[Oe List ...] FW: Don't press #90 or #09 on mobile
Jim Baumbach
wtw0bl at new.rr.com
Mon Sep 26 10:33:05 EDT 2011
Here is what Snopes reports on a link to a website called the "wayback
machine:
(http://web.archive.org/web/20020223071837/http://www.att.com/features/0398/90pound.html)
about this particular 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. (According to Snopes,
most offices now use a Centrex phone system which is not affected by
this scam.)
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."
What is extremely worrisome about the circulation of this particular
email is the Islamophobic attitude being expressed here. By
definition: Islamophobia is "a hatred or fear of Islam or Muslims,
esp. when feared as a political force." Since none of the previous
scams mentioned Jehadi Muslim Terrorists it would appear to be a
hate message against Muslims.
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND NO LONGER CIRCULATING THIS EMAIL!
On 9/26/2011 8:37 AM, amnoel wrote:
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> *Subject:* FW: Don't press #90 or #09 on mobile
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> --- On *Fri, 16/9/11, Sivananda Kendra /<sivanandakendra at gmail.com
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> From: Sivananda Kendra <sivanandakendra at gmail.com
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> Subject: Don't press #90 or #09 on mobile
> To: "Sivananda Kendra" <sivanandakendra at gmail.com
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> Date: Friday, 16 September, 2011, 3:36 PM
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> *Dear **All**, *
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> /_Dont press #90 or #09 on mobile_/
> Please take care IF SOME ONE ASKS YOU TO
> DIAL #09 or #90.
> Please Do Not Dial This When Asked.
>
> Please circulate URGENTLY.
> New Trick of Jehadi Muslim Terrorists to
> Frame Innocent People!!
> If you receive a phone call on your Mobile
> from any person saying that they are
> checking your mobile line, and you have to
> press #90 or #09 or any other number.
> End this call immediately without pressing
> any numbers.
> Team there is a fraud company using a
> device that once you press #90 or #09
> they can access your SIM card and make
> calls at your expense.
> Forward this message to as many friends as
> u can, to stop it.
> This information has been confirmed by
> both Motorola and Nokia.
> There are over 3 million affected mobile
> phones.
> You can check this news at CNN web site also.
> http://www.chennai.bsnl.co.in/News/MobileDosNDonts.htm
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