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- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!goliath.Stanford.EDU!rsingh
- From: rsingh@goliath.Stanford.EDU ( raj)
- Subject: Phone harrassment....
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.054223.18015@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Keywords: phone, missouri, harrassment, threat, unlisted number, privacy
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: Makalu Mountain Hermitage, Mt Makalu, Nepal
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 05:42:23 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- [Sorry folks, first attempt didn't make it.]
-
- A friend of mine (well, my friend's roomie) is getting life
- threatening phone calls, but the police won't do anything until
- actual harm is done.... they are keeping a log of each call.
- This is in state of missouri.
-
- The callers DON'T know the dorm or room number or phone number.
- ==============================================================
- The operator has been asked to NOT TO give the phone number/address
- to any callers.
-
- HOWEVER, this university has a peculiar system that a student can call
- operator and ask to be connected to "john doe" and if jane doe is a
- student, the operator WILL put the call through. Thus, even though
- the number is not to be given out, the abuser is able to connect.
-
- So far, the abuser is trying to get the friend and my friend's
- roommate to DIVULGE address/number, but my friend and my friend's
- roommate have been very careful.
-
- My feeling is that something is fishy about an operator connecting to
- people based on a name only, but what do you all think? Especially,
- I'd like to hear from anyone from Missouri that knows about the local
- telephone company policies.
-
- --raj (raj@goliath.stanford.edu)
-
- --
- Rajesh Kumar Singh E-mail: rsingh@goliath.stanford.edu
- Gauls! We have nothing to fear; except perhaps that the sky may fall
- on our heads tomorrow. But as we all know, tomorrow never comes!!
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