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Who’s Trying to Call Me!?

November 12th, 2004 · 13 Comments

Everyday for the past week or two, sometimes more than once/day, I’ve gotten a call from an automated voice:

“This is a service of Global Tel-Link. An inmate at Davidson County Hill Detention Center has attempted to place a call to this number….”

uh. hold up.. an inmate?

I think I’m going to contact them now because I’m starting to feel bad that this inmate is trying to call this number more than once a day and they obviously aren’t getting through to the person who they want to reach!

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13 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Jeff // Nov 12, 2004 at 2:26 pm

    inmates do have internet access…maybe you have a fan

  • 2 rachelle // Nov 12, 2004 at 2:34 pm

    sure but how would they get my work phone number

  • 3 Jeff // Nov 12, 2004 at 3:50 pm

    hmm, good point, i was just trying to add some paranoia to your scenic walks home ;)

  • 4 tien // Nov 12, 2004 at 4:15 pm

    dude, it’s that dial an inmate thing you posted on!!

  • 5 Tom Gronseth // Nov 12, 2004 at 7:15 pm

    would you like to know more about “Ruby Beach” ?

  • 6 ab // Nov 12, 2004 at 9:12 pm

    I got a call from an inmate a couple of months ago. The caller ID said, “Inmate phone”. I SO did not pick it up.

  • 7 Tara // Nov 14, 2004 at 4:09 am

    Did you recently get a new phone number? Maybe a friend of the inmate used to have that number. When I got my new number, I got deluged with bill collector calls for the former owner of the number.

  • 8 andrew // Nov 14, 2004 at 7:19 pm

    In some states prisons are the sorce of tele - marketing with use of prison labor,p.cs.an phone systems.Try calling your phone company and have it blocked.Maybe you want to call the prison an tell them your problem.

  • 9 joe // Nov 14, 2004 at 9:27 pm

    I was released last week so the phone calls should stop. Sorry!

  • 10 rachelle // Nov 15, 2004 at 9:53 am

    I just called and got it blocked. Maybe someone else had this number, but it’s my direct line at work.. so I wonder who had this extension in our office before I moved here in Feb.!

  • 11 Doug // Nov 15, 2004 at 12:06 pm

    This is a scam. There’s some info in the Chicago Trib archives if you enjoy access to that. Block it. If it connected, that number would be charged 3rd party for their other outgoing calls.

  • 12 rachelle // Nov 16, 2004 at 9:32 am

    ahh. they just called again. even though i blocked it.

  • 13 Chris // Nov 16, 2004 at 12:57 pm

    Ive heard of things like this happening and I think that no matter what conspiracy theory you decide to go with, in one way or another it HAS to be some kind of scam or something that is unsafe in one way or another.

    Then again, I watch too much TV. ;-)

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