Melungeons and Black Dutch: I don't know if this is legit . . . but if it is, you should know it. Curtis . . . . . An acquaintance of an old elementary school friend of mine got a call from an individual identifying himself as an AT&T Service technician who said he was conducting a test on his telephone lines. He stated that to complete the test this guy should touch nine (9), zero (0), the pound sign (#) and then hang up. Luckily, he was suspicious and refused. Upon contacting the telephone company, he was informed that by pushing 90#, you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone line, which allows them to place long distance telephone calls billed to your home phone number. He was further informed that this scam has been originating from many of the local jails/prisons. [I have some doubts about that part since Prisons and most jails require that inmates make collect calls. On the other hand, once the collect call is accepted, the pair can do conference calls and "call-forwarding" to reach other parties ---- so I suppose it is possible]. He supposedly verified the information about the 90# with UCB telecomm, Pacific Bell, MCI, Bell Atlantic, GTE and NYNEX. I don't know how to verify it. But, in any case, I don't intend to press 90# for ANYONE. The GTE Security Department requested that the guy share this information.