Telecom-Request%usc-eclc@brl-bmd.UUCP (Telecom-Request@usc-eclc) (01/28/84)
TELECOM Digest Saturday, 28 Jan 1984 Volume 4 : Issue 15
Today's Topics:
New York Phone Credit Scam
Re: TELECOM Digest V4 #14
Area code 213 > 818 changes
MCI Quality Comment
att calling card for net number
bell of pa calling card
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Date: 27 Jan 1984 02:25:18-EST
From: ima!inmet!nrh@CCA-UNIX
Subject: New York Phone Credit Scam
Just thought I'd let people in on a con game that was tried on me a
while ago in New York.
While waiting in the NY Bus station I made a few phone calls, and
after a while, two gentlemen approached me with the following deal:
For $50, they'd give me a telephone credit card number that
was
GUARANTEED for a year, unlimited free calling.
I'm always interested in con games, and I was curious who was footing
the bill for the calls, so I let them chat me up a little. After I
refused their deal, I watched them for a while. My impression was
that they were listening to people recite or touch-tone their credit
numbers, and then passing those numbers on to the rubes.
Of course, I could be wrong: it might be that you really can get
unlimited phone service for a year for $50. You try it first, though
and let me know. Also, you might want to be a little paranoid about
who can sense your credit card number, although I've no idea how
responsible a cardholder is for bills he does not incur.
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 84 8:17:45 EST
From: Ron Natalie <ron@brl-vgr>
Subject: Re: TELECOM Digest V4 #14
Now wait, it isn't just bank cards that are limitted to $50 loss after
I report them missing (of course, you have to know they're missing),
my department store and gas cards say the same thing. If you are
really worried you can always subscribe to one of these credit card
protection services. You list all your cards/numbers and send it to
them and if your cards are lost they report for you and they assume
the liability. Rates vary. American Express does this and I seem to
remember offers from Amoco and J.C.Penny as well.
-Ron
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Date: Fri 27 Jan 84 14:07:38-MST
From: William G. Martin <WMartin@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: Area code 213 > 818 changes
Pulled from the INFO-CPM list, for your information:
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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 84 1:30:32 EST From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@brl>
To: Info-Cpm@brl-vgr Subject: Area code 213 BBS changes
--forwarded from the Sysop Clearinghouse RCPM--
(818) Area Code Helper
January 17, 1983
(2nd version by Kim Levitt)
On Jan. 7th, the 213 area code which used to cover most of Los Angeles
County was spilt in two. For the benefit of those who are changing
dialing menus or macros, here is a list of the former 213 prefixes
which are now 818. If you dial one of them without the 1-818, for the
next nine months you will probably get connected, but you might get a
recording which may, (probably will), keep your modem from connecting.
After Oct. 1st, (or possibly sooner), you will not be connected unless
you dial the (818) area code. The prefixes which were changed are
listed below.
240-244 Glendale 246-247 Glendale
248-249 La Crescenta 280-282 Alhambra
284-289 Alhambra 300 Alhambra
303 Monrovia 304 Pasadena
307-308 Alhambra 330-339 Covina
340-341 Canoga Park 342-345 Reseda
346-348 Canoga Park 349 Reseda
350 El Monte 351 Sierra Madre
352-353 Sunland-Tujunga 354 La Canada
355 Sierra Madre 356 Pasadena
357-359 Monrovia 360-368 San Fernando
400 Pasadena 440-441 Pasadena
442-444 El Monte 445-447 Arcadia
448 El Monte 449 Pasadena
500 Glendale 501 Van Nuys
502 Glendale 504 Sun Valley
505-506 N. Hollywood 507 Glendale
508-509 N. Hollywood 570-573 Alhambra
574 Arcadia 575 El Monte
576 Alhambra 577-578 Pasadena
579 El Monte 700 Canoga Park
701 Reseda 702-704 Canoga Park
705 Reseda 706-707 Agoura
708 Reseda 709-710 Canoga Park
715-716 Canoga Park 717 Reseda
760-766 N. Hollywood 767-768 Sun Valley
769 N. Hollywood 780-789 Van Nuys
790 La Canada 791-799 Pasadena
810 Covina 812 Covina
814 Covina 817 Covina
840-843 Burbank 845-848 Burbank
880 Canoga Park 881 Reseda
882-884 Canoga Park 885-886 Reseda
887-888 Canoga Park 889 Agoura
890-899 San Fernando 901-908 Van Nuys
912-915 Covina 917-919 Covina
917-919 Covina 951 Sunland-Tujunga
952 La Canada 953-954 Burbank
956 Glendale 957 La Crescenta
960-969 Covina 980 N. Hollywood
981 Van Nuys 982 N. Hollywood
983-984 Van Nuys 985 N. Hollywood
986-990 Van Nuys 991 Agoura
992 Canoga Park 993 Reseda
994-995 Van Nuys 996 Reseda
997 Van Nuys 998-999 Canoga Park
The above list was compiled from a listing published in the Santa
Monica Evening Outlook, supplemented by several calls to General
Telephone Information. Any errors are probably caused by my poor
proof reading. (Prefixes 505, 780-789, 790 and 791-799 were omitted
on first version of this list. These additional prefixes were listed
on page A-80 of the Pacific Telephone June 1983 Los Angeles White
Pages, and have been confirmed to be a part of the (818) area code.)
(Original version by Henry Dowst - KA6KNJ; revision on 1/17 by Kim
Levitt, sysop of Hollywood RCPM/MBBS (213) 653-6398)
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 84 16:23:11 EST
From: BRINT <abc@brl-bmd>
Subject: MCI Quality Comment
Since the subject seems to be of general interest, I report that I've
had MCI service for over a year. Once or twice, at the very beginning
we noticed insufficient volume on calls from BAltimore to Las Cruces,
NM.
Other than that, there have been no quality problems. COnnections are
at least as fast as local calls; there have been no untoward
connections; and the lines are rather noise-free.
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Date: Friday, 27 January 1984 10:11 est
From: Kovalcik.Multics@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (Richard Kovalcik, Jr.)
Subject: att calling card for net number
I received TWO ATT Calling Cards for my secondary home phone (the one
I use for my modem) last week and none for my primary home phone (the
one whose number I give to people). Since both phones are on the same
exchange I am a little worried. I guess I will wait another couple of
weeks and call ATT. This was the 617-254 exchange. Anyone else have
a similiar problem?
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Date: Friday, 27 January 1984 10:07 est
From: Kovalcik.Multics@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (Richard Kovalcik, Jr.)
Subject: bell of pa calling card
I got my new Bell of PA calling card a while back with the number on
the card and the PIN not on the card. Now, this seems backwards to me
as I can remember my parents second home phone number (which is where
this comes from), but I can't remember the PIN if I only use it once a
year. I got this card as a backup as New England Telephone was having
a lot of trouble making my calling card from them stay valid for more
than a week at a time. It seems to me that the PIN and not the number
should really be on the card you carry around with you.
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