thanks Charles that is precisely what has happened fortunately Sprint was able to bring that activity to the customers attention hence, the service call.....took out all my guns and tracked the activity myself Conclusion: Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,Use passwords,
----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Harry from Select" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:22 PM Subject: KX-T: Hacker problem > Harry, > > The Philippine hacker (known as "the sniper") problem was this: > He would program a TVS voicemail system mailbox to turn on device > notification. In device notification he would program in an international > phone number to the Philippines. He would set it to call continuously, and > he would usually set all 3 devices to call. Then he would leave a message in > the box so that it would start calling. > > He was not connecting 2 parties. > > He was making money from the Philippine telephone company as they would pay > a bonus to the owner of a number for all international calls coming in to > it. The principle is the same as the way a 900 number works here. It is > based on the process of international charges where the Phil teleco will get > more revenue if more of the international calls originate from outside their > country. > > There is another method of hacking voicemail that will allow two parties to > communicate that has been going on, but I don't know if that relates to the > Philippines. The incident I'm aware of involved the Mid East. > > Charles > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Global Communications > Tarrytown, NY > www.avtele.com > www.telephonesecurity.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harry from Select" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "steve benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:27 PM > Subject: KX-T: Re: DISA on KXTD308 > > > > Can someone elaborate or summarize that Philippine scam; > > where they come in and make a mailbox , set notification to dial > Philippine > > number and attempt to connect 2 callers > > can some one give a breakdown or theory of this scam > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************* > > > * To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > > * The KXT-Digest Home Page: http://kxthelp.com/ * > > > ********************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************* > > * To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > * The KXT-Digest Home Page: http://kxthelp.com/ * > > ********************************************************* > > > > > > > > ********************************************************* > * To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * The KXT-Digest Home Page: http://kxthelp.com/ * > ********************************************************* > ********************************************************* * To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * The KXT-Digest Home Page: http://kxthelp.com/ * *********************************************************
