The following was e-mailed to me, seems worth passing on.

Please take note of the following article from the chamber of commerce newsletter issue 16. We have been informed of the following scam, which is targeting females in particular. They received a phone call from the Post Office asking them to confirm their company 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 women who have provided this information have been burgled as it is assumed that their homes are empty during office hours. The police are aware of this scam and the Post office have confirmed that they are NOT conducting postcode surveys. Also, it has been reported if you receive a telephone call from an individual who identifies himself/herself as being an AT & T Service Technician who was conducting a test on that telephone line, or anyone else who asks you to do the following don't. They will state that to complete the test the recipient should touch nine, zero, the hash and then hang up. To do this gives full access to your phone line, which allows them to place a long distance international or chat line calls billed to your account. The information which the police have, suggests that many of these calls are emanating from local jails and prisons. The information has been checked out by the police and is correct DO NOT PRESS 90 FOR ANYONE. Would anyone reading this please pass the information on to colleagues, friends etc.....otherwise it could cost someone a lot of money.

Don't know if it's local to the NE or nationwide, but forewarned is forarmed.

-- Anonymous, September 20, 2000

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Thanks for the information Pit Bill - I`ll pass it on to my friends, and daughter!(:o)

-- Anonymous, September 20, 2000

I received this at work and was a bit dubious that it was a US thing with the AT&T reference. Having said that the girl who sent it to me is an installation project manager for a telecomms company !

-- Anonymous, September 20, 2000