08-06-2008, 04:47 PM | #1 | ||
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Dayton, OH
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Random calls from strangers
Why do I get collect phone calls occasionally from strangers that are inmates at the county jail? I never accept the calls, so I have no idea why these people are calling me.
Does anyone else ever have this happen? |
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08-06-2008, 04:54 PM | #2 |
College Starter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Houston, or there about
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I got one the other day. It didn't even give me the name of the inmate, so I immediately rejected it. Do they just randomly dial someone??
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08-06-2008, 04:56 PM | #3 |
High School JV
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Dayton, OH
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The guy mumbled his name, so I didn't understand it. I think they might randomly call people if they are lonely and have no family or friends to call. Oh well, it won't be on my dime.
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08-06-2008, 05:02 PM | #4 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
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I just thought you'd like to talk.
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08-06-2008, 05:28 PM | #5 |
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Location: The Mountains
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The fact that there's more than one means it's probably not random.
Maybe your number is very similar to a number posted at the jail for some service (like legal aid). |
08-06-2008, 05:29 PM | #6 |
General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: New Mexico
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Those are just Alabama fans wanting to talk trash.
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08-06-2008, 05:35 PM | #7 |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: San Jose, CA
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Maybe a friend who had to spend the night at the drunk tank thought it would be fun to carve your phone number into the wall with a message like "For a good time, call Debbie"
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08-06-2008, 05:46 PM | #8 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: san jose CA
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I always use the "County Jail" spiel when I call my girlfriend in case her hubby answers.
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08-06-2008, 05:59 PM | #9 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Flower Mound, TX
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There was a scam several years ago where inmates would call people, and ask them to press a number which then allowed the inmate to make calls to other people while a confused number pusher wondered who the hell called Beijing.
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08-06-2008, 06:54 PM | #10 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2005
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You mean your not the hot sex chat line?
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08-06-2008, 07:05 PM | #11 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ashburn, VA
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I had it happen. Operator came on and asked if I'd accept a collect call from "inmate." Hasn't happened in quite a few years, though.
/tk
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08-06-2008, 07:07 PM | #12 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Oakland, CA
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I've had that happen before.
Except it was my uncle. |
08-06-2008, 07:35 PM | #13 |
Torchbearer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: On Lake Harriet
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can't remember who you are married to, though it isn't cuervo, but could he have possibly been imprisoned and wrote his phone number on the prison wall for a good time? That seems like the simplest explanation to me.
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08-06-2008, 07:36 PM | #14 |
Torchbearer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: On Lake Harriet
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dola...karlifornia beat me to the general theme. my bad.
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08-06-2008, 07:39 PM | #15 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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Happened to me 4 or 5 times about a month ago. It's basically a call forwarding scheme, just hang up.
My neighbor thought it was a family member and when she received her phone bill, there were all kinds of calls made to her phone, that was forwarded to a cell phone and all kinds of charges. |
08-06-2008, 08:16 PM | #16 |
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Dayton, OH
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08-06-2008, 08:19 PM | #17 |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA
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08-06-2008, 08:56 PM | #18 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Dec 2003
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JUST ANSWER THE FUCKING PHONE BITCH IT'S LONELY IN HERE WTF SHIT!!!!
(Ping: Alan T -- see, I used the word "shit", because it helps me demonstrate my toughness. "Stuff" would not have helped me in that regard, in this particular context.) |
08-06-2008, 11:53 PM | #19 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
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I had one from the Monroe County, MI county jail. I live in the Bronx, NY but due to having friends in Detroit & a couple downriver I almost called to see what the deal was. Almost.
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08-07-2008, 05:45 AM | #20 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
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what worse, collect call from random stranger inmate or collect call from relative inmate?
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