Subject: Re: Phone Scam (fwd)
Date: Apr 11 14:27:16 1998
From: Arlen Fletcher - fletcher at paccar.com



Joan Macdonald Wrote:
>
>I've heard you can press *69 immediately when you receive a call that you
want
>to "trap" the caller's number. It costs $.75 I think, but might be worth it
>if you can help identify a scam artist!

It's worth a try - but often the perpetrator knows enough to block their own
caller-id. And if it's a sophisticated hacker that you're up against he/she
has probably taken the additional step of spoofing some else's caller ID to
throw you off track. These people have entirely too much time on their hands.

Arlen

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