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In article <Bz7Fn4.7FH@acsu.buffalo.edu>, zinkin@acsu.buffalo.edu (David R Zinkin) writes:
|> (with call waiting canceled) so I could sleep, and to impersonate a
|> phone company rep during the day in the hope of tricking the prankster
|> into giving her number.
|> 
|> Since I sent that message, however, the prankster *did* hit again,
|> and she *gave her number*!  I didn't let on what I was doing, so I'm
|> fairly certain she didn't suspect anything.  (She even asked me, "Are
|> you sure that I won't be charged for operator assistance?" :-)
|> 
|> Now that I have the number, I'd like to take this just one step
|> further.  Does anyone know how I can get the name (and, perhaps, the

(Unfortunately?) this information is *easy* to obtain by going to your
local library and asking to see the criss-cross directories.  They are
the converse of the phone book and list all the people in the phone
book sorted by telephone number.  If you have filed a complaint with
either the police and/or the phone company, they would probably be
happy to provide you with the phone number (assuming they believe your
conclusion).  I would advise against contacting this person.  Since
you are positive that she is the one, wouldn't it be easier (I sure
know it would be safer) for you to turn her phone number over to the
proper authorities (the police and the phone company)?  They have
special people who get paid by *your taxes/phone bills* to handle
idiots like this.  I am sure this moron will take much more heed from
a call from the police or a note from the phone company threatening to
prosecute her or disconnect her phone than she will from a call from
you (after all; it is your attention that she wants in the first
place)!
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