Re: phony paging

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From: Robert Becker
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1992 03:21

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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...
>
>                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.
>
I've gotten calls like this on my pager - I'm in the 408 area code -
for 976 numbers.  It's usually something like 976-xxxx 911.  I guess
they add the 911 to convince you it's some emergency.  I called the
phone company, and it turned out to be a "smut" number.
Anybody else gotten these?

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From: bob@netcom.com (Robert Becker)
Subject: Re: phony paging
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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 92 03:21:57 GMT
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