1) hack the mailbox 2) record the greeting to include 'yes' at certain intervals that match with the collect call process 3) call collect to batswana and use the voicemail number to charge it to 4) att operator connects to voicemail box and gets 'authorization' from a prerecorded voice which they mistake for a real person 5) unaware voicemail owner gets large invoice next billing cycle 6) att refuses to waive charges because of the access gained through default and weak pin codes anyone feel free to correct my recall on how the scam worked Raan Young wrote: >>Voice mail hijacked to accept collect calls from crooks. The words "Yes, Yes, Yes" ... >> >> > >I'm missing something. It's not clear to me what point there is to this. > >I haven't made a collect call in a long time, but it used to be that the operator would ask >the receiver if they would accept a collect call from so and so, then make the connection if >they agreed. > >So it seems like all this con would do is leave somebody connected, via a collect call, to >the victim's voicemail box. Other than as a prank (or a way to drive up AT&T's income :-) I >don't see any value to this. > >Can somebody enlighten me? > >Raan > > > > >
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