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Tara


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....or maybe not - but come on, this is FREAKY - just had to share:


So Sat night I got a call on my home phone.  The operator said I had a collect call from....the man didn't say his name but just started talking and I couldn't figure out what he said.  Then the operator came back on and said that this call was from a state correctional facility and would be recorded.  I freaked and hung up.  I thought it was kinda weird, so I called my brother and told him what happened.


Then ~20 min ago my brother called my cell phone.  My family NEVER calls while I am at work, so I figured something was happening.  He said that my dad just got a collect call from a prison, and that the guy specifically asked to speak to "Tara" during the period when you are supposed to give your name.


I live with my boyfriend, and the phone is registered under his name.  However, our number is not listed.  Nobody uses my home phone (we are strictly cell only) - my family doesn't even know my home phone.  Not a single person other than my boyfriend would know both my home number and my family's number.  Oh, and I live in CA while my parents live in PA.


When I told my boyfriend that I was freaked out about this he said "Well, at least they can't come and kill you b/c they are in jail".  How reassuring.



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Kel


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That is so freaky. I would be scared, but I am also a big baby. That reminds me like a couple of months ago, someone from jail called my parents house. My parents had no idea who he was but he asked my parents if they could help him contact his family. So weird.

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People in jail have a lot of time on their hands, and some have access to computer records for things like credit card companies. Did you get the name of the correctional facility? Or can you get the number off of your cell phone bill? If you call them and tell them what happened, they probably want to know. The guy probably doesn't want to hurt you, though. Usually a man in jail wants to make a connection and convince you to take care of him, that sort of thing. They try to find vulnerable, lonely women and work on them. But it wouldn't be aimed at hurting you, just scamming you...



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Maddie


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My aunt used to get calls from prison all the time. It's freaky but they're often just trying to pass the time.

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it's freaky, but don't worry about it.  if it really was an inmate trying to contact someone out of loneliness, he'll move on to the next woman who responds to him and won't be calling you again.


I have a friend in L.A. who appeared on The Dating Game several years ago, on the show she had used her real name and her native hometown in Oklahoma (even though she didn't live there anymore, her father still utilized her former legal residence as a second home and the address could be looked up), an inmate in an OK prison actually looked her up and started sending letters to her old address.  All the letters came to her dad, he forwarded them to her.  I read some of them....they were pretty sad actually, not really romantic, just lonely.  But, definitely freaky.  She never wrote him back and I am sure he moved on and forgot about her.  I think those incarcerated guys write dozens of desperate letters a week, honestly.



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crystal


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omg, i would be so freaked!!  at least you've got your big buff boyfriend to protect you!!  good luck & keep us updated!

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When I lived at home, I would get calls every once in awhile (yearly?), from the county jail.  Collect, of course.  I have no idea how these people got my name, but they did, and it would happen randomly, usually in the middle of the night.  I know it freaks you out, but I wouldn't worry too much about it.

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Andrea Julia


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How strange!  I would have just written it off as a wrong number or act of boredom if it was just to you, but it is so weird that your father got a call like that, too.  I don't know what to say except for be aware of your surroundings.


I've gotten collect calls from the jail, but unfortunately, they have been from people I know!



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Andrea Julia wrote:

I've gotten collect calls from the jail, but unfortunately, they have been from people I know!

LMAO!


But back to the topic, I would have been freaked too.


 



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I would be freaked out!  That is so scary.



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how scary, i'd be scared too! i hope this dosent happen to you again

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Tara wrote:

When I told my boyfriend that I was freaked out about this he said "Well, at least they can't come and kill you b/c they are in jail".  How reassuring.
LOL... I find his reaction totally hilarious, in light of the otherwise justifiably-creepy situation. 

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