The #9-0 telephone scam - fact or fiction


Added: 08-02-2006
Author: Steve Cowen
Category: Telephone Systems
← Back | ↓ Related | Home →



You may have heard the phone # 9-0 Scam Scam artists who claim that he can call you pretending to be a representative from your phone company and that they are the problem with the line (or other reasons) and that you have to dial # 9-0 to help improve the line or to ensure that it was okay. There are many different reasons Scam artists make up his Sleeve you dial this number. Then, after the call, scam artists have been given to your line so that they can make long distance calls your bill.

Scam after hearing this, you may be wondering whether it was right or wrong. In fact, it is both. This story is based on some truth a bit, though not as you imagine. Indeed, there has been a traditional use for # 9-0 line out access to your own line. It is designed to rehabilitate the people from the phone company to test different lines from the phone line points - inside or outside the home - to ensure that the work or repairs after the initial start.

However, these days, most phone companies are no longer working on this type of system, so that your behavior is in danger of this kind of scam is very small phone. Phone companies do not know the risks and if they continue to improve their systems, they work outside the small risk now and uses a different technology that depends on who doesn code needed to get the magic line.

Business will only ever be done with a Scam, such as housing and mobile phone numbers don t such a system works at all. No doubt, if in doubt about your telephone company for any reason, you may want to know who owns the phone number [http://www.whoownsthisphonenumber.com] using a reverse phone search online to make sure that anyone you talk to is Who tell them specifically.




Link to this article:



Several similar articles
Business telephone systems - enhance small business phone
Date: 28-02-2009 | author: Glenn Lofgren

What is a reverse telephone book?
Date: 04-03-2007 | author: Joshua Rowley

Pbx toll fraud protection - the extention 900 scam
Date: 20-04-2007 | author: Ralph Willett

Hosted pbx voip business telephone system
Date: 26-08-2007 | author: Armstrong C

Service and customer satisfaction is greater and the DirecTV satellite television
Date: 18-11-2006 | author: Anthony Peraz