Re: how to become a millionaire

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From: SomeBlokeCalledRapunzelSyndrome
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:37

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Craig Cockburn wrote:
> 
> Ann an sgriobhainn <Oir88.3300$H9.875144@news1.cableinet.net>, sgriobh
> Ken Johnson <kenneth.johnson@cableinet.co.uk.=NO=SPAM=>
> >pounds etc. etc., and at that point, knowing an intended fraud when I hear
> >one, I hung up.  I dialled 1471 and found, surprise surprise, that the
> >origin of the call had been anonymized - why is this legal, for God's sake?
> >
> 
> 14258 will block calls from them in future, even if the number is
> withheld.

Assuming this is correct, and I have no reason to believe otherwise,
except that I hadn't heard of it before, it may well be the most
useful piece of information I've received this week.

-- 
sets 1-0; games 7-4

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From: SomeBlokeCalledRapunzelSyndrome <daveDOTbudd@man.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: how to become a millionaire
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