Some Hoax/Virus Sites: http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html http://www.snopes.com/ http://www.urbanlegends.com/ To the best of my memory, something like this floated around (a year ago?) and did apply to **SOME** PBX systems, but not personal phones. Kathy > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Production Visibility Support -- 425.234.2004, pager 425.568.0195 > The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at > doing what they most enjoy. ~ Malcomb S. Forbes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! > > > ---------- > From: Ferd Lazarus[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 9:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: WC:>: Hoax or true? > > Hi All, > > Just received the following message. Is it a hoax or is > it true? Anyone know? > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ferd > > ****************************************************************** > Subject: ALERT!!!! > > I personally called the telephone company myself to verify this > and it is indeed true. If this gets forwarded to someone who > doesn't know me, I advise you to call the phone company yourself. > Business phones are particularly accessible to this but so are a > lot of people's home phone lines too. If you do what they ask > and press 90#, they can make a call anywhere in the world and it > would be charged as if you made it on your own telephone. You > are liable for the charges since you had to give them access in > the first place. Beware! > ******************************************************************* > > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
