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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <65txx935ww06.kif3e76qjyf7.dlg@40tude.net>, tlvp   
    wrote:   
      
   > >>>  I've gotten two wrong numbers too, on this Skype number,   
   > >>> which looks like a standard Baltimore phone number. .   One was an   
   > >>> auto-detailer asking if   
   > >>   
   > >> Every time some outfit assigns you a new phone number, that number was   
   > >> taken from a pool of numbers taken out of service. Clearly one should   
   > >> expect that infrequent correspondents with the prior subscriber at that   
   > >> number may be unaware the number has "changed hands". In the worst cases   
   > >> (and this has happened to me), it's a number formerly held by a serial   
   > >> deadbeat, whose creditors will be calling daily, several of them per day,   
   > >> until you get the line switched out for another number.   
   > >   
   > > it's much easier to block the calls, plus a collection agency *must*   
   > > stop calling if you tell them to stop (even when you're the deadbeat).   
   > >   
   > > you may also be able to recover as much as $1500 per call if calls   
   > > continue.   
   > >   
   > >  > ry?id=24624940>   
   >   
   > I found it easier to get the number changed out, thanks.   
      
   that doesn't necessarily help, because the new number will have been   
   someone else's number too.   
      
   > Your hypothetical "$1500 per call" ? in the sky scheme, though? No, thanks.   
      
   it's not mine nor is it hypothetical.   
      
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