Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!telecom-request From: holos0!wdh@gatech.edu (Weaver Hickerson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 50k Counts of Wire Fraud Message-ID: Date: 20 May 91 14:54:49 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: Holos Software, Inc., Atlanta, GA Lines: 32 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 10 of 10 In article John Higdon writes: > A pager is not a substitute for an answering machine or service. > Anyone who uses it as such and blindly calls every number that appears > in the display is likely to ultimately get burned. John, you are right about this. People are likely to get burned. The fault, however, lies in the perpetrator and not with the victim. Look at these parallels to your statement above: Anyone (little old lady) who blindly contracts with someone to [ patch her roof, help the "FBI" catch a bank embezzler, you name it ] is likely to ultimately get burned. Anyone (yuppie scum) who ever goes into any automobile mechanic anywhere in the world is likely to ultimately get burned. Need I say more. The original poster, in an explosive display of ignorance, seemed to think that it is okay to take advantage of people's trust just because they are trusting, and it it their fault for not being less trusting. I myself blame the [900 number, mechanic, roofing contractor] who take the money and run. I cast my vote that people who would do things like this be used at the Yerkes primate center for drug, ballistic, and cosmetic research -- not necessarily in that order. Weaver Hickerson Voice (404) 496-1358 : ..!edu!gatech!holos0!wdh