Posted on 01/24/2012 8:57:22 AM PST by Impala64ssa
MERIDEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A recent Pew Research study found 73 percent of cell phone owners send text message and those who do, send an average of more than 40 messages each day. With all those text messages coming and going, it’s not surprising that some reach the wrong recipients.
In Meriden recently, police say officers received a text from an unknown sender, offering black market sale of Percocet tablets, the prescription combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen. He notified the drug unit, continued communication with the texter, and set up a “buy.”
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I wonder who gave him the officers’ phone number?
“I wonder who gave him the officers’ phone number?”
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Texting while STUPID! There ought to be a law....LOL
In Meriden recently, police say officers received a text from an unknown sender, offering black market sale of Percocet tablets, the prescription combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen. He notified the drug unit, continued communication with the texter, and set up a “buy.”
The odds that someone could press 7 random numbers and reach the police department are very long (1: 85,900,584). Either the police "spoofed" the text message so that it appeared to come from their phone, or someone in the department provided them with the number to text. The police departments story just doesn't seem possible.
Its not hard to transpose a number that happened to be the same as one of the officers. Most cells of a provider have the same first three anyway.
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