Beware

Maybe this is another hoax….but posting it anyway! You decide

PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW

I received a telephone call last evening from an individual identifying

himself as an AT&T Service Technician (could also be Telus) who was

conducting a test on the telephone lines. He stated that to complete the

test I should touch nine(9), zero(0), the pound sign (#), and then hang up.

Luckily, I was suspicious and refused.

Upon contacting the telephone company, I was informed that by pushing 90#,

you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone line,

which enables them to place long distance calls billed to your home phone

number.

I was further informed that this scam has been originating from many local

jails/prisons DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE.

The GTE Security Department requested that I share this information with

EVERYONE I KNOW.

After checking with Verizon they also said it was true, so do

not dial 90# for anyone !!!!!

PLEASE HIT THAT FORWARD BUTTON AND PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU

KNOW!!!

ok, heres another one…

Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC, And the person who sent it to you will gain access to your Name, e-mail and password. This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus software’s are not capable of destroying it.

The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself ‘life owner’.

PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!

THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/hereyouhave.asp

mod 80- I think this time this one is true…

Important warning! NOT A JOKE! Pay attention to this.

It looks like a normal plastic water bottle

Disturb it by moving it; and BOOM (Less than 30 seconds)!!

No fingers left and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc. People are finding these bombs in mailboxes and in their yards, just waiting for sommeone to pick it up intending to put it in the trash.

It takes about 30 seconds to blow after you move the thing.

i have confirmed this and it is true…mod 80

blinky

go to snopes yourself next time

the first one is real but quite mild and in fact the threat no longer exists

the second one is a total hoax

JURY Duty Scam

Pass this on to your grown children and anyone else you can think of.

This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below).

Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book. It is

spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us

take those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip

out on their civic duty that a new and ominous kind of fraud has

surfaced.

The caller claims to be a jury DUTY coordinator. If you protest

that you never received a summons for jury duty, the Scammer asks you

for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can

verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of

this information and bingo, your identity was just stolen.

The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma ,

Illinois , and Colorado , AZ and more. This (swindle) is particularly

insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully

people into giving information by pretending they are with the court

system.

The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on

their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out here:

http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm

And here:

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

Yep! It’s true