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In article <1992Mar24.192052.21608@wvus.org>,
pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory - UNIX SA) writes:
>I received this announcement in my company mailbox this morning, and
>thought that this information should be as wide-spread as possible...
>
>This is NOT a joke!  My manager got such a call yesterday (and ignored
>it!).
>
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>
>                USE OF PAGERS IN SOLICITATION CALLS
>
>This is to inform all employees of a pager scam that is currently being
>operated in Los Angeles County and is costly for those who are victimized.
>
>The District was recently notified that certain telemarketing firms have
>implemented sales campaigns that involve dialing large groups of page
>numbers and encode telephone numbers which may be outside the local area
>codes.
>
>The sole purpose of the page message is to offer individuals who respond a
>service for a fee.  The telephone numbers involved are usually long
>distance and to a prefix number which a billing cost in excess of $50
>(fifty dollars) per minute.  The number which is currently used to
>perpetrate the scam is (212) 540-xxxx.  The 540 prefix is the same as a 900
>or 976 toll number.  Area code 212 is for New York City.  However, this
>activity is not limited to a specific area code or telephone number
>prefix.
>--
>
>Pete Gregory       |  Internet: pete@wvus.org
>UNIX SA            |  Bangpath: ames!elroy!wvus!pete
>World Vision U.S.  |  Slowpath: 919 W. Huntington Dr., Monrovia, CA 91016


Not only did they inform us of this at work, it was in the papers.
We do the paging for the doctors at Stanford Hospital and we get
blamed for a lot of things that go through the doctors pagers, wrong
numbers, etc.  So our manager let us know just in case.

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