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- From: lewis@aera8700.mitre.org (Keith Lewis)
- Subject: Re: Woman Leaving Abusive Husband, Husband Works at Phone Company
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.161806.7678@linus.mitre.org>
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- Organization: The MITRE Corporation
- References: <44955@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:18:06 GMT
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- In article <44955@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, anonymous@anonymous (Anonymous) writes:
- >A friend is leaving her husband, and moving into a new place.
- >Has kids (1 baby), so can't stay in a shelter. Wants to keep
- >location anonymous.
-
- First off, remind her to deal with the legal/moral/ethical dilemma of
- absconding with her husband's baby (assuming he is the father).
-
- >Her husband works at the phone company. He has access to
- >unlisted numbers and billing records. She's worried that
- >if she gets phone service, he'll find her.
- >
- >If anyone knows any workarounds, please post them here.
-
- One course of action would be to lie to the phone company about her name and
- National ID Number (SSN). Another would be to move in to a group house,
- with the telephone in soebody else's name. A third would be to get somebody
- who has reasonable credit and trusts your friend to put the phone in his/her
- name.
-
- Keith Lewis klewis@mitre.org "Mr. Cheap"
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