| There is yet another phone scam being commonly | | | | you to transfer them to another outside number |
| reported across the country regarding landlines | | | | before you hang up your own phone. |
| primarily at businesses, but also less frequently in | | | | Know that this type of call is simply made in order to |
| residences. This scam involves the 9, 0, and # buttons | | | | trick you into allowing the caller to fraudulently use your |
| on the telephone. | | | | telephone bill in order to place their own calls. However, |
| The scam works when you receive a call at your | | | | this kind of scam will only be successful if your phone |
| place of work from someone who claims to be calling | | | | is served by a PBX (private branch exchange) or |
| from the phone company and who is looking into | | | | PABX (private automatic branch exchange). |
| certain technical challenges being faced with your | | | | If you do have a PBX or PABX, then you will want to |
| telephone line. They may also claim to be checking up | | | | make sure that you or someone else qualified from |
| on calls that have been supposedly placed from your | | | | your company contacts the manufacturer as well as |
| line by other cities, states, or even countries. | | | | the phone company providing you with your local and |
| This caller will then request that you take part in this | | | | long distance telephone services in order to discover |
| investigation by simply dialing 90# on your telephone, or | | | | what kind of security protection you have to guard |
| by transferring him/her to an outside line before you | | | | your business against this kind of fraud. You may also |
| hang up your phone. In following these instructions, | | | | wish to look into different monitoring services to |
| though, you will be allowing the caller to place any calls | | | | ensure your business is not a target of these scams. |
| they wish, and then have them billed to your telephone | | | | You may also wish to educate the other employees |
| number. | | | | of your business so they are aware of this kind of |
| It is important for you to know that telephone | | | | fraud, and are therefore much less likely to fall victim |
| company employees would never require you to dial | | | | to it. |
| any specific pattern of numbers, nor would they need | | | | |