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November 17, 2000 To: The Campus Community From: Patrick L. LeCuyer, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Communications & Technology Services Re: WARNING: DO NOT RESPOND TO MESSAGES TO CALL AREA CODE "809" Please do not respond to email messages, phone calls, or web page advertisements requesting you phone a number with an "809" area code. CATS has been alerted by Pacific Bell of the following scam involving calls to a phone number in the "809" area code. Because, the "809" area code is a valid area code for the Virgin Islands, CATS is unable to block calls made to this area code. CATS requests that you read all of the following information. This very important alert found at the following url: http://cats-nts.ucsc.edu/809scam.html. It informs you about this quickly spreading scam AND warns you about some of the possible consequences, including the potential costs to you, like receiving a phone bill reflecting charges of $24,000 or more. This scam has been identified by the National Fraud Information Center. It is essentially a "976" area code phone number type scam where your phone number is billed automatically and there is apparently no way to deny the billing on your telephone bill or receive a refund.
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