Re: spam

[Orin Eman <orin@wolfenet.com>]

DO NOT do this.  They will get ANI, ie your number and you cannot
block it when calling a toll free number.

Dialing a number like this can be construed harassment and I'm sure
you can't afford to defend a lawsuit.

Having said that, there is nothing wrong with calling and asking
questions about the product once or maybe even twice if they weren't
very good at answering the first time.  Payphones or behind a PBX
is a preferred location to make such calls.  After all, you don't
want to give them _your_ number to sell to a bunch of telemarketers.

BTW, you should consult a lawyer before doing anything above.

Search the telecom digest on for a lot of information on this subject.

...and remember, caller-id blocking DOES NOT WORK when calling toll
free numbers.


> Yes, I just got two of them. They have an 888 number. The appropriate
> punishment is to use your modem and a script to dial their toll free line
> every miniute or so. Years ago some l wrote a script that works with a comm
> program to do just that. Looks like I'll have to dig it up.