Day: March 27, 2015

#90 Scam Still Around Says FCC

#90 Scam Still Around Says FCC
Our staff hard at work investigating tales of the ancient internet.

The warning regarding #90 that has been circulating since the dawn of the world wide web remains with us.

It contains a nugget of truth but it doesn’t effect most telephones including cellphones.

Here is the  claim we have been asked to investigate by Judy M.

90# on your telephone
 
I dialed ‘0’ to check this out, and the operator confirmed that this was correct, so please pass it on.. (l also checked out snopes.com and truthorfiction.com This is true, and also applies to cell phones!)
 
PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
 
I received a telephone call last evening from an individual identifying
himself as an AT&T Service Technician (could also be Telus) who was
conducting a test on the telephone lines. He stated that to complete the test  I should touch nine (9), zero (0), the pound sign (#), and then hang up.  Luckily, I was suspicious and refused.
 
Upon contacting the telephone company, I was informed that by pushing 90#, you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone line, which enables them to place long distance calls billed to your home phone number.  I was further informed that this scam has been originating from many local jails/prisons. DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE…
 
After checking with Verizon they also said it was true, so
do not dial 90# for anyone !!!!! PLEASE HIT THAT FORWARD
BUTTON AND PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!

So what does the FCC say about it?

The old traditional (wired) phone scam involving the 90# buttons on your business telephone is still around.. . . This scam only works if your telephone is served by a private branch exchange (PBX) or private automatic branch exchange (PABX). 

Just the same if an unsolicited caller asks you to do something it is always wise to just hang up.

#90 Scam Still Around Says FCC

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-27-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-27-15

Farmers feed cows magnets. Magnets sit in the stomachs and attract all the small sharp metal objects cows swallow since they don’t chew. It keeps the small bits of metal from doing real damage. How do you know if a cow already has a magnet? Check it with a compass.

Automatic Payroll Deductions For Senate Elections?

Automatic Payroll Deductions For GOP?
Sen. Don White, who is brilliantly illustrating the absurdity of automatic payroll deductions for political causes.

Pennsylvania State Sen. Don White (R-41) is circulating a memo among his Harrisburg peers proposing that money be automatically be deducted from the paychecks of senate staffers and placed directly in the coffers of the campaign committees respective parties.

Some are expressing outrage, OUTRAGE, we say.

Which is kind of White’s point. He does not want this — seriously or not. His goal is to illustrate that the remarkably unfair, authoritarian, banana republic policy he is suggesting is no different than what is in place regarding automatic payroll deductions for members of Pennsylvania public employee unions, whose leaders then use the money to support political candidates who  more often than not proponents of policies in direct conflict with the true interest of those in private labor force

Really, is shutting down refineries and mines, and  importing cheap Mexican labor in the interest of Pennsylvania workers? Well, that’s what the candidates that get the public union money support.

So how about it Sen. Tom McGarrigle? Are you getting behind Don White’s plan?  Doesn’t not having such a law  deprive choice from workers who want a (political party) with an effective political voice. 

Hat tip Matt Brouilette.

Diamond Begs House To Remember Workers

Diamond Begs House To Remember Workers
State Rep. Russ Diamond

State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-102) was the last person to testify before the State House Appropriations Committee concerning this year’s Pennsylvania budget.

“I just want to remind you as we go forward that every dollar we spend here is a dollar a hard-working Pennsylvanian first had to earn. We are talking about the dollars of truck drivers who spend maybe days, weeks away from their homes providing for their children, a single mom who works two jobs, the garbage man who risks his life and limb every day jumping up and down on the truck.”

Diamond is a truck driver in real life.

Here is his short speech. Springfield’s Bill Adolph makes a quick cameo.

Diamond Begs House To Remember Workers