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To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (45803)	6/16/1998 11:50:00 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Respond to of 58727

And a reply from CIAC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This has turned into a chain letter with some truth to it. This scam has been used for years with businesses, hospitals, and government agencies as targets. If your phone systems is setup to access an outside line using 9, then 0 will give you an outside operator. You'd be setting up a conference call for the caller using your phone system. There are variations of codes that are unique to your telephone system provider, not just AT&T. These normally don't affect resident phones. The telephone is used often for "Social Engineering" to gain information. No one should ever give information to anyone you don't know. There's no way to verify identities over the telephone for incoming calls when you don't know the person. CIAC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) (925)422-8193 ciac@llnl.gov