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We have been informed of the following scam which is targeting females in
particular. They receive a phone call from the Post Office asking them to
confirm their postcode. When this is given, they are told that they have
become eligible for some gift vouchers for their co-operation and are asked
to provide their home address and postcode in order to receive the vouchers.
So far 90% of the women who have provided this information have been
burgled, as it is assumed that their homes are empty during office working
hours. The police are aware of this scam and the Post Office have confirmed
that they are NOT conducting any postcode surveys.
Also, it has been reported that if you receive a telephone call from an
individual who identifies him/herself as being an AT&T Service Technician
who is conducting a test on that line, or if anyone else asks you to do the
following DON'T. They will state that to complete the test the recipient
should dial nine, zero (90) then the hash key and then hang up. This will
give them full access to your phone line, which allows them to place long
distance, international or chat-line calls. These are then billed to your
account.
The information which the Police have, suggests that many of these calls are
emanating from local prisons. The information has been chec ked out by the
police and is correct. DO NOT PRESS 90 FOR ANYONE.
Would anyone reading this please pass it on to friends and colleagues,
--
Kenny
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| ImhoTech 2003-02-24, 2:23 pm |
| Getting a bit of junk mail are you? Very old and 90% false. Please see
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/postcode.htm
"Kenny" <elvis@gracelands.com> wrote in message
news:b3dp14$1kqti9$1@ID-126822.news.dfncis.de...
>
> We have been informed of the following scam which is targeting females in
> particular. They receive a phone call from the Post Office asking them to
> confirm their postcode. When this is given, they are told that they have
> become eligible for some gift vouchers for their co-operation and are
asked
> to provide their home address and postcode in order to receive the
vouchers.
> So far 90% of the women who have provided this information have been
> burgled, as it is assumed that their homes are empty during office working
> hours. The police are aware of this scam and the Post Office have
confirmed
> that they are NOT conducting any postcode surveys.
>
> Also, it has been reported that if you receive a telephone call from an
> individual who identifies him/herself as being an AT&T Service Technician
> who is conducting a test on that line, or if anyone else asks you to do
the
> following DON'T. They will state that to complete the test the recipient
> should dial nine, zero (90) then the hash key and then hang up. This will
> give them full access to your phone line, which allows them to place long
> distance, international or chat-line calls. These are then billed to your
> account.
>
> The information which the Police have, suggests that many of these calls
are
> emanating from local prisons. The information has been chec ked out by
the
> police and is correct. DO NOT PRESS 90 FOR ANYONE.
>
>
>
>
> Would anyone reading this please pass it on to friends and colleagues,
>
> --
>
> Kenny
>
>
>
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