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Date:      Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:08:49 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        "Jamie A. Lawrence" <jal@ThirdAge.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Get that spammer! (Was: professional art community)
Message-ID:  <20001213140849.N16205@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001213141435.00e00100@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 02:15:28PM -0700
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20001213135715.00b82760@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20001213135715.00b82760@localhost> <20001213131305.B17715@stage1.thirdage.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20001213141435.00e00100@localhost>

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* Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> [001213 13:15] wrote:
> At 02:13 PM 12/13/2000, Jamie A. Lawrence wrote:
> 
> >"This international call requires special billing approval."
> >
> >Thus spake ATT.
> 
> I wonder if this is something unique about your phone service.
> I got through.... Got an answering machine, though.

Afaik it's a scammer in Canada, several large internet scams are
based in Canada and prey on US consumers.  The ease of money transfer
and the difficulty in prosecution really help them.

Basically you probably can't call Canada with your card.

-Alfred


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