Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is an urban legend. Here is the BBB report on the actual scam that this legend is referring to: http://www.bbb.org/alerts/telescam.asp > I read where the opening of a scam site may create a reconnection to a > charge by the minute phone line in a foreign country with a resulting > astronomical phone bill. These sites were disclosed as porn sites. > > The article I read indicated that AT&T has reluctantly abated the charges > that have resulted from this scam. > > If you stumble onto such a site, quickly close it before the connection can > be converted to the high pay line. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html