A few years ago I read a story online which may or may not be true but that went something like this: the poster worked in a call center that would auto dial ra

A few years ago I read a story online which may or may not be true but that went something like this: the poster worked in a call center that would auto dial random numbers to do whatever telemarketers do. One day he got a high level official at a three letter agency who was quite upset at being called because “you shouldn’t have been able to dial this number”. The agency allegedly sent agents to the call center to investigate how that was possible. For a long time I’ve been wondering exactly what the mechanism of this kind of phone call would have been and I wonder if it was one of these priority keys that was used. Incidentally, now whenever I get a call from my pal Scam Likely I answer it with “FBI Fraud Prevention Division, this is Brennan” or “911, what’s the location of your emergency?” or “is he dead? I told you not to call me unless he is dead!” I’ve had a bit of good fun with these.