[78-L] FW: (no subject)

[David Lennick]

Just wondering..wouldn't cellphones defeat the in-house safeguards, "if you know the extension of the party you're calling"?

dl
 
> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 14:14:30 -0500
> From: kenreg at tds.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] FW: (no subject)
> 
> fnarf at comcast.net wrote:
> > In short, don't read your card number and three back digits to someone who called YOU, no matter whom they claim to be!
> > 
> 
> EXCELLENT advice.
> 
> And I also have to wonder about the hotel - most reputable hotels that 
> I've stayed at will not connect an outside caller to a room without the 
> name of the occupant of that room. Several years ago I was staying at a 
> Disney World resort with my nieces who were in high school at the time. 
> One of the girls had a friend who had moved near Disney a year earlier. 
> She tried to call our room but the hotel would not connect her because 
> she didn't have my last name. She had the room number and my niece's 
> last name, but the hotel had only my name attached to the room. My 
> niece eventually called her friend so they did connect. While it was 
> inconvenient in that situation, it is a GOOD security policy on the part 
> of Disney as it keeps scammers and unwanted callers from calling your room.
> 
> -- Ken
> >
> >
> > 
> 
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