20 Jun
2004
20 Jun
'04
8:59 a.m.
On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, Fred Cisin wrote:
The general consensus is that, because there ARE ways
to defraud
TPC, and 3 way calling CAN be used to make unauthorized calls
(with significant participation by the "victim"), that therefore
Snopes is correct in classifying the following as TRUE:
Fred,
WARNING!
A well known telephone scam is now being used on cellular telephones.
There is a fraudulent company that is using a device to gain access to
the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card, which contains all subscriber
related data (this is the brains in the phone) in your cellular
telephone.
A scam artist places a call to an unsuspecting person and the caller
says he or she is testing mobile (cellular) telephone circuits or equipment.
The called party is asked to press #90 or #09. If this happens END THE
CALL IMMEDIATELY with out pressing the numbers. Once you press #90 or
#09 the company can access your SIM Card and makes calls at your expense.
If that much inaccuracy is accepted in the concept of TRUTH, then
it IS "TRUE" that there is a big biker dude with sunglasses who
is tracking down spammers in order to dip them in molten iron. From what I'm reading here:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/jailcall.htm
...their conclusion is that the basic scam is "sort of" true, which is
accurate as far as PBX systems go. But the cell phone bullshit is not
true at all (at least not as far as I know, though again, that scenario
can technically be possible) and should be in its own entry, or at least
explicitly and individually labeled as false.
--
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