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from: Randy
date: 2006-01-13 19:47:10
subject: Re: Why buy Swiss cellphones?

From: Randy 

Phil Payne wrote:

> http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=1499905
>
> "In one New Year's Eve transaction at a Target store in Hemet, Calif., 150
> disposable tracfones were purchased. Suspicious store employees notified
> police, who called in the FBI, law enforcement sources said."
>
> One guy buys 150 disposable cellphones?  Hmmm.
>
> If you're looking for terrorist threats in Iraq, it's entirely possible
> you're looking in the wrong place.
>
> BTW - it's not the phone - it's the SIM card.  Thousands were stolen
> recently in one raid, and sophisticated individuals can reprogramme cards
> with different numbers anyway.
>

TracFone's are CDMA--no SIM card.

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