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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:02:51 EST
- From: Paul Robinson <FZC@CU.NIH.GOV>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: 1-800-RIP-OFFS (Was Calling 1-800 Can Cost a Fortune)
- Reply-To: TDARCOS@MCIMAIL.COM
- Message-ID: <telecom13.20.8@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 20, Message 8 of 17
- Lines: 24
-
- In TELECOM Digest Vol 13 #12, Udi Manber <UDI@CS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
- suggested:
-
- > You can get an 800 number that is one digit away from
- > a widely used 800 number and rip off anyone who makes
- > a mistake...You can put ads for information on how to
- > make $10 a minute - just call 1-800-747-6337. That's
- > 1-800-Rip-Offs...
-
- From a Government Centrex number in Maryland that is authorized to
- dial 1-800 numbers, I got the message:
-
- "Recording C2. We're sorry, the number you've dialed is not
- authorized from this location. C2."
-
- And this repeats several times. So it looks like some of us are
- protected from RIP-OFFS! :)
-
-
- Paul Robinson -- TDARCOS@MCIMAIL.COM
- "If I or anyone else is caught making opinions, the Secretary will
- disavow any knowledge of our actions..."
-
-