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- From: greg%tcscs@idss.nwa.com (Gregory Youngblood)
- Newsgroups: alt.privacy
- Subject: Re: Random phone number harassment
- Message-ID: <HT4auB3w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 19:42:28 CST
- References: <1992Nov15.131927.12211@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
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- niebuhr@bnlux1.bnl.gov (david niebuhr) writes:
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- > In article <phurley.78@tamu.edu> phurley@tamu.edu (Philip W. Hurley) writes:
- > >I just had something annoying happen which I suspect cannot be controlled or
- > >avoided. Maybe someone out there has some thoughts.
- > >
- > >I was therefore very curious to find out where the salesman got the number
- > >and found out that they were sequencially calling all numbers in town. They
- > >offered to remove the number from their list for which I was grateful. Only
- > >later did I realize that they *still* have my unlisted number. It's the one
- > >between 123-4566 and 123-4568 which is left off the list BECAUSE ITS
- > >UNLISTED. I supposed caller ID is supposed to help one avoid this problem?
- > >
- >
- > CallerID won't help much in this scenario since the salesman admitted
- > that he was sequencially calling all numbers. This happens a lot with
- > computerized calls and is sometimes known as "war dialing."
- >
- I'm not sure but I heard a while back that in some areas, telephone solicitors
- are not legally permitted to call sequentially.
-
- Something to look into...
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