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52 lines
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MONEY INCORPORATED DIGEST #52
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I'M TO LAZY TO MAKE THE REGULAR HEADER....SO SUE ME!
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TODAY'S TOPIC HOW TO GET CUSTOMER NAME/ADDRESS
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CN/A services are available to employees of the phone company, but increasing awareness of the
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abuse of these services has led phone companies to require account numbers or passwords. The old
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days of calling and getting a subscriber's CN/A are fast waning, and any information about current
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account numbers or passwords will become outdated quickly.
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Here is a method that still works, and I believe will continue to work for some time. It requires
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that the telephone number be long distance from your phone, or that you have a calling card that
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allows you to make long-distance phone calls, or that you have a long-distance friend willing to
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help. It also requires that you do not mind if it is possible for the subscriber to trace you,
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albeit with a modicum of work, and given the method he will probably never have cause to go looking
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in the right place unless a major crime is involved, and I would never, never condone such an
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action.
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First, call the subscriber long-distance and feign a wrong number. Do it on the weekend for the
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lowest rates. Use any of the methods above, but the important thing is that you be billed for the
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call. I know this goes against the general philosophy of "all information should be free" but it'll
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only cost you spare change.
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When the bill comes in the mail, call the customer service number for your long-distance provider
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at the top of your statement. Your friendly customer representative will ask you for your phone
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number or calling card number and the name the account is billed to. Often he will ask for the
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billing address as well. Once that's done, say "Hey, there's this charge here on my long-distance
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bill that I don't recognize at all. Can you tell me who that belongs to?" The rep will dutifully
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tell you the name of the subscriber you called, even if that number is non-published, because they
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don't know that fact. They're just trying to keep you happy about your phone bill. Getting the
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address is more complicated, as they're more reticent to give that information out. You can try
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things like "Oh, yeah I recognize that call now. That's on Maple Ave., right? No? What street is
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that listed on?" You might not be able to scam the entire address from one representative. Simply
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hang up and call the toll free number again, get a different rep and try again, now with additional
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information. (Remember to be polite to the people you scam for information. It's a karma thing.) If
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you know the number is not non-published try directory assistance using name and street to scam the
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street address. Or use just the name and go to the library and look it up in the appropriate phone
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directory.
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MONEY INC CAN BE REACHED AT:
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Sleepy - mrt@epix.net
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sleepy@cyberia.com
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Sonic Fury - escinc@ix.netcom.com
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FTP: paranoia.com /pub/zines/money
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WWW: http://www.paranoia.com/other/zines/money
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Coming soon: Money Inc Home Page and Site!
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