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pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory - UNIX SA) writes:

>I received this announcement in my company mailbox this morning, and
>thought that this information should be as wide-spread as possible...

>This is NOT a joke!  My manager got such a call yesterday (and ignored
>it!).

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>                USE OF PAGERS IN SOLICITATION CALLS

>This is to inform all employees of a pager scam that is currently being
>operated in Los Angeles County and is costly for those who are victimized.

>The District was recently notified that certain telemarketing firms have
>implemented sales campaigns that involve dialing large groups of page
>numbers and encode telephone numbers which may be outside the local area
>codes.

>The sole purpose of the page message is to offer individuals who respond a
>service for a fee.  The telephone numbers involved are usually long
>distance and to a prefix number which a billing cost in excess of $50
>(fifty dollars) per minute.  The number which is currently used to
>perpetrate the scam is (212) 540-xxxx.  The 540 prefix is the same as a 900
>or 976 toll number.  Area code 212 is for New York City.  However, this
>activity is not limited to a specific area code or telephone number
>prefix.
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>Pete Gregory       |  Internet: pete@wvus.org
>UNIX SA            |  Bangpath: ames!elroy!wvus!pete
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KIIS-FM related a similar story this morning.  More frightening, however, is
that the method they quoted involved using a LOCAL phone number that call-
forwarded to a 900/976 number.
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