World Scene: Germany
China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-02 07:59
Prank calls real hair tearer
Police helping a German man track down a nuisance caller discovered his tormentor for two years was a faulty card payment system in a hairdresser's shop.
The 58-year-old man in Frankfurt did not recognize the Hamburg number that kept ringing him and had it blocked.
After several months, he got tired of paying for the blocking service and the calls began again on working days.
Police traced the number to a Hamburg hairdresser whose payment system dialed the man whenever it accepted a card.
(China Daily 05/02/2008 page6)
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