[Shotimes] OT - collect calls

[Steve Weinrich]

Same scam as documented here:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/jailcall.htm


Steve


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>
To: "Ron Nottingham" <nottingham@alltel.net>; "SHOtimes (Team.net)"
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - collect calls


> That is what I thought. We called the phone company for her and put a
block
> on any collect calls.
>
> Thanks all!
>
> Paul L Fisher
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Nottingham" <nottingham@alltel.net>
> To: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>; "SHOtimes (Team.net)"
> <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - collect calls
>
>
> > I could not find any truth in this what-so-ever.  One of my wife's
friends
> > works at Alltel in Dalton, and I called her up and asked her, and she
said
> > that is untrue.  She did say some things about 90#, though, but that
only
> > works if you have a multiline phone system.  What this does, is give the
> > person calling in a free outside line to make long distance calls, if
long
> > distance are not blocked.
> >
> > Your idiot brother-in-law is scamming your wife's grandmother.  Nip it
in
> > the bud.
> >
> > Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> > 90 SHO
> > 89 325i
> > "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>
> >
> >
> > > My idiot brother-in-law (wife's brother) is in jail for his 4th and
5th
> > DUI.
> > > Anyhow, he keeps calling his grandmother collect. He told her that if
> she
> > > hits 77 when she picks up the phone that she won't get charged.
> > >
> > > Any place I can refute this? Obviously, we could wait for the mammoth
> > phone
> > > bill to prove him wrong but I'd rather nip it in the bud.
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