Re: More SPAM?

[Ext User(mrripcurl)]

On Jun 14, 8:10*am, brian w edginton <edg...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> ....have had a GSM service from Optus for years.
> I live in a rural area and had never had spam calls or messages.
> Recently, I was in town (Lismore NSW) on a rare visit.
> Had a voice call telling me I "might have won a $60 betting voucher".
> Terminated, immediately.
>
> A query for the techies.....is it possible that spam can be directed
> to specific geographic areas?
> I can't imagine why, though.
>
> Just curious.
Short answer is "yes".

[Ext User(brian w edginton)]

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:40:04 -0700 (PDT), mrripcurl
<mrripcurl@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>On Jun 14, 8:10*am, brian w edginton <edg...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> ....have had a GSM service from Optus for years.
>> I live in a rural area and had never had spam calls or messages.
>> Recently, I was in town (Lismore NSW) on a rare visit.
>> Had a voice call telling me I "might have won a $60 betting voucher".
>> Terminated, immediately.
>>
>> A query for the techies.....is it possible that spam can be directed
>> to specific geographic areas?
>> I can't imagine why, though.
>>
>> Just curious.
>Short answer is "yes".


Thanks!!!


BTW, my landlord received the same call in Grafton on the same
day....or close to it.
Guessing its a group thing. Funded by the clubs' association or
similar. Maybe.


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