Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 20 May 91 03:05:09 GMT From: Carl Wright Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 800 Numbers, Voice Mail, and Privacy Message-ID: Organization: UMCC 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 380, Message 6 of 10 Lines: 17 David Gast referred to how you can use the account number of a person to determine the approximate balance by making repeated request on whether the balance exceeds a certain dollar amount. The only innovation involved here is that you don't deal with a human operator. The ability to call a bank and ask if a specific account has enough money to cover an imaginary check is a standard bank service in all the U.S. I've done it myself on my less trustworthy customers. Carl Wright | Lynn-Arthur Associates, Inc. Internet: wright@ais.org | 2350 Green Rd., #160 Voice: 1 313 995 5590 EST | Ann Arbor, MI 48105