[ale] OT: should I be worried?

[James Sumners]

Here's something you might look into --
http://consumerist.com/342357/get-rid-of-telemarketers-debt-collectors-and-other-vermin-with-phone-tones

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 6:37 AM, Tim Watts <timtw at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  This is way OT but there seems to be enough security-conscious folks around
>  here that I thought I might get some informed opinions on the matter.
>
>  I routinely get voice spam on my land line phone about how I urgently need to
>  call a number about my soon-to-expire auto warranty (which I don't have).
>  (Yes, I'm one of the last 20 people in the country who is not on the national
>  DNC list -- don't ask why.) I can live with that. But I was spooked a few
>  days ago: After making a number of calls on my cell, the message suddenly
>  arrived on my cell phone where I NEVER get spam. Is it possible or likely
>  that this is more than just an eerie coincidence?

-- 
James Sumners
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pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
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