Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 28 Apr 91 15:00:24 GMT From: "Mark A. Emanuele" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Restricting Telemarketers Message-ID: Organization: Overleaf Systems, Inc. Fords, NJ Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 318, Message 4 of 11 Lines: 18 In article , baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) writes: > I wish we'd do something like this in New York City -- I get weekly > calls urging me to "Call 540-SCAM within 30 minutes to get yourself > ripped off!" (the 540 exchange is New York Telephone's local > equivalent of 1-900 numbers). I once got PAGED to a 540 number when I worked in NYC. The call cost me (actually the company I worked for (ATT)) $35.00. I called the number and got a Phone Sex Message. Mark A. Emanuele V.P. Engineering Overleaf, Inc. 218 Summit Ave Fords, NJ 08863 (908) 738-8486 emanuele@overlf.UUCP