>> >> 90# on your telephone
> >>
> >> I dialed '0', to check this out, asked the
> >> operator, who confirmed that this was correct
> >> so please pass it on . . . (l also checked outSnopes.co m
> >> .this is true, and also applies to cell phones!)
> >>
> >> PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
> >>
> >> I received a telephone call last evening from an individua
> >> l identi fying himself as an AT&T Service Technic ian
> >> (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
0A> >> from many local jails/prisons DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE.
> >>
> >> The GTE Security Department requested that I share this
> >> information with E VERYONE 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!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>

Thanks, Bill!

Wow! Yes, thanks!

Some more info on this:

"This scam does not affect residential or cell phone customers — it only applies to businesses, hospitals, government agencies, and other organizations that still use telephone private branch exchanges (PBXs) rather than Centrex lines to handle their calls. On certain PBX systems (i.e., ones for which pressing '9' is the signal to obtain an outside line, and there are no restrictions placed on outgoing calls), a scammer could gain access to place expensive, long-distance phone calls by tricking an employee into initiating the #-9-0 sequence. Outside of a few other settings where one might have to press '9' to obtain an outside line (such as hotels), the likely result of pressing #-9-0 will simply be a fast busy signal."

[www.snopes.com]