This article was posted to the Usenet group alt.hackers in
1995; any technical information is probably outdated.
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Re: Need Help With Phone Pranksters
Article: 7403 of alt.hackers From: gregc@fullfeed.com (Greg Corey) Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Re: Need Help With Phone Pranksters Date: Fri, 17 Feb 95 14:24:22 CST Organization: CPU Wizards Lines: 31 Approved: I'd better remember this this time. Message-ID: 3i30i1$qrs@fullfeed.msn.fullfeed.com NNTP-Posting-Host: cpuw.msn.fullfeed.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.9 Status: RO
In article <3i18ak$gjj@horus.infinet.com> on 17 Feb 1995 04:22:44 GMT, twemling@infinet.com (T. E. Wemlinger) wrote: >I am hoping someone on this group can help me figure out a way to deal >with some phone pranksters (kids) who have been leaving obscene messages >on my answering machine / voice mail. I have caller ID (but they are >naturally coming in as anonymous calls), and I just signed up for call >return on a trial basis. Is there any way I can find out what number >these calls are being made from? Anyone got any other good suggestions? Try calling your local phone company and telling them. They'll put a tracer on your phone line for free (and the tracer can't be gotten around). The next time you get a harassing call, you just call the phone company and presto-bango, the punks get a visit from some nice FCC representative (or possibly an FBI agent or local cop). That official warns them if they ever do it again they're going to jail and SHAZAM! the problem is solved. Damn, I don't suppose that counts as an OBHACK, does it. Well then... OBdraftHACK: Had no storm windows on the screen door that leads into the back of my office. Since I never use that door, I just propped a solid wood interior door inside the screen and voila! the draft was cut to almost nothing. -- -- Greg Corey | Because I don't really want to get sued... gregc@fullfeed.com | All opinions are my own, no warranty made or implied.
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