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["Toni Hawryluk" <tonihawr AT msn.com>]

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To: Maritime Pacific Northwest Gardeners<mailto:pacnwgardn AT u.washington.edu> 
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:18 PM
Subject: Phone scam in the area


Pardon the off topic letter, but this is first hand experience to pass 
along, IMMEDIATELY!

In the last two days I have gotten three calls from something 
identified on my caller i.d. as "The True Source", phone number 559 
248-0127.   A recorded voice says "I have a call for you.  Please 
hold."  Then it goes into music.
I checked both through an internet search and my phone company and not 
only is the caller i.d. number an out of service number, there is NO 
phone company using "The True Source".
I don't know what would have happened if I'd stayed on the line, but I 
know there have been other scams in which they can connect you to 
another system while you are on hold and then charge all kinds of 
services to you.
In short, if you get any kind of call with that message, "I have a 
call for you.  Please hold."  with NO identification of the caller or 
company involved, HANG UP FAST!
If you can, report it to your local police so they can get the word 
out.  That's what my phone company told me to do.