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Don't Dial 90 scam urban myth

Don't dial 90 warns the email that has just come from your best mate!

But the truth is even if you did dial 90 after being contacted by a so called 'test engineer' not a lot would happen. If you dial 90 at home then either nothing will happen or you will get an engaged tone (depending on your country). Like all scams/ urban myths there is some truth hidden away somewhere in the distant past. On some business telephone networks dialling something simular may (but only may) transfer the call to an outside line. This of course would depend on the make or model and would be rather a random stab in the dark for a scammer to try.

Do we have so little faith in our telephone service providers that we think there might be a 'secret code' that would allow anyone that found out to hijack our lines? Line hijacking does indeed exist but in most circumstances the scammer has to physically connect equipment to the wires in your phone line!

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Don't Dial 90 scam urban myth

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