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Article #17746Re: how to become a millionaire
From: Craig Cockburn
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 23:45
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 23:45
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Ann an sgriobhainn <lVC88.5785$sJ3.39169143@news-text.cableinet.net>,
sgriobh Ledswinger <Ledswinger@blueyonder.co.uniformkilo>
>"Craig Cockburn" <craig@SiliconGlen.com> wrote in message
>news:Flv6R$BWdvY8Ewbl@SiliconGlen.com...
>> 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.
>> The number they are calling from is released to the exchange, it's only
>> withheld from *you*.
>>
>
>And the reason that they do it because most PABX will "quote" the main
>switchboard number, not the direct line extension.
And they next time they ring, the same number will be quoted but it will
already be blocked. Problem solved?
Tried phoning oftel or whatever they are called now?
--
Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). SiliconGlen.com Ltd. http://SiliconGlen.com
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