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Many of the calls allegedly were made from New Orleans where the Hurricanes
played in the Sugar Bowl New Year's Day. "We had a telephone conversation and
visited with MCI officials and another meeting has been set for Friday to go
over people who still have a balance," Jankovich said. "MCI has informed me
they will not press charges against the student athletes involved. We have 12
players who still owe money. We will sit down with those 12 and develop a
payment schedule on Friday."
David Berst, director of enforcement for the NCAA in Mission, Kansas, said he
was unsure if the NCAA would investigate the matter.
Just goes to show, if you get caught, claim to be a dumb jock...
Information from +++The Mentor+++
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MCI Gets Scammed October 10, 1986
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ORLANDO, Fla. (UPI)--Jessica Barnett's phone bill this month was no quick
read--it ran 400 pages long and totaled $90,152.40.
"Who could pay a $90,000 phone bill? I'll have to mortgage my house to pay my
bill," said the 28-year-old housewife, who contacted MCI Telecommunications
Corp. in Atlanta shortly after opening the 2-inch thick bill.
"I called them and said, 'Hi, I've got this high bill.' They asked how much,
and when I told them they laughed. They said, 'You've got to be kidding.'"
MCI spokeswoman Laurie Tolleson said computer hackers apparently discovered
the Barnett's personal code and used it to make long-distance calls.
Most of the calls were made to Tennessee, and some lasted nearly two hours,
Tolleson said. Others were placed to Georgia, Alabama and Maryland.
"It's like they call continuously 24 hours a day, all day," Barnett said. "I
don't see the point in making these calls. If I was going to do something
like that, I'd be exotic and call Europe--not Tennessee or Norcross, Ga."
It was not Barnett's first problem with the phone company--she received a
$17,000 bill in July. She thought things were straightened out when she did
not get a bill last month, but the bill that arrived Monday included $70,000
in past-due charges. She said she and her husband, Jim, are not taking the
mix-up too seriously. "He kidded that now he knows what I do all day,"
Barnett said.
"What can you do? It doesn't bother me as long as I don't have to pay it. I
feel bad for MCI. I think they're getting ripped off."
Typed by Sally Ride:::Space Cadet
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MCI Introduces VAX Mailgate
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VAX Mailgate is a software product that combines the strengths of Digital
Equipment Corp.'s "All-In-1" Integrated Office And Automation System with MCI
Mail's public electronic mail service for around-the-world business
communication.
Information From USA Today-Special MCI Edition
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MCI Card Fraud Detection Unit - The Online Security System 11/7/86
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The following is a brief description of the new on-line security system for
the MCI Card. The system developed in order to provide real-time detection of
excessive (and therefore potentially fraudulent) card usage. Rather then
depending on FREWS reports for their current Early Warning System, they are
now able to investigate and arrest card abuse as it occurs, rather than
waiting until damage has been done.
A. Detection
In order to detect possible fraud as it occurs, a counting mechanism in
the Fraud Detection Unit will be tracking call attempts for every MCI Card
authorization code on a continuous basis. Generic parameters based on
number of call attempts in a specified period (currently 15 calls in a 25
minute period) are used to identify potential card abuse. As soon as the
threshold is reached for any one code, Security and Investigation will be
notified, via PC screen, hardcopy, and audible alarm.
B. Verification
Upon notification of a potential problem, Security and Investigations will
first pull up the account record to check the Note Screen for anything
that may indicate Card abuse (i.e., non-payment, Card lost, stolen, or
never received). They will then try to contact the customer to verify
whether the Card is being used legitimately or not. For problems detected
after business hours, the customer will be contacted the following
morning.
C. Deactivation
If the customer has not been making the calls, or if the account phone
number is found to be illegitimate, the code will be deactivated
immediately in the Card Authorization Center. If the customer cannot be
reached, Security and Investigations will continue to monitor call volumes
on the code and will deactivate the code only if the high volumes continue
or reappear.