Phone safety for critics

PHONE SAFETY FOR THE U.S.

Handling crank callers:

1) hang up on the crank caller/cultish jerk 2) pick up the phone again and dial *57 3) follow instructions

This will cost you $1.50 each time you do it, but this also records what phone number the crank caller was calling from. This way the police (not you) can look at the phone logs and see who the crank caller is.

Protecting your phone bill

Your phone bill is in the computers at your phone company. An unscrupulous person/cultish jerk might call pretending to be you and ask about certain long distance calls, and thus get information about who you call. To prevent this;

1) call your local phone company 2) ask them to put a code on your phone bill. 3) think up and give the nice phone co. employee your code 4) keep your code in a *safe place*. 5) do this with your long distance carrier as well.

Now if someone calls pretending to be you they will need your pass code to get information. The phone company will keep track of anyone trying this.

Other handy tips

Get caller ID if available. I think it's $6.95/mth here. Never assume a stranger on the phone is who they say they are. Have your phone bill sent to your post office box, not your home. If someone calls saying they are a reporter, ask which paper, then call that paper and ask for that person again. Don't say anything on a cordless or cellular phone that you wouldn't want others to record. These signals are picked up easily by radio.

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