NOTICE-- *77

[longhair]

Subject: From State police-please read-use *77
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>>>>>           YOU  MUST KNOW *77
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>>>>>                                 I knew about the red light on cars,
>>>>> but not the *77. It was about 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, and Lauren
>>>>> was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind
>>>>> her and put his lights on. Lauren's parents have always told her never
>>>>> to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather
>>>>> to wait until they get to a gas station, etc.
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>>>>>           Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and
>>>>> promptly called *77 on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher
>>>>> that she would not pull over right away. She proceeded to tell the
>>>>> dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing red
>>>>> light on his rooftop behind her. The dispatcher checked to see if
>>>>> there were police cars where she was and there weren't, and he told
>>>>> her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had back up already on
>>>>> the way.
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>>>>>           Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked
>>>>> car behind her. One policeman went to her side and the others
>>>>> surrounded the car behind. They pulled the guy from the car and
>>>>> tackled him to the ground. The man was a convicted rapist and wanted
>>>>> for other crimes.
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>>>>>           I never knew about the *77 Cell Phone Feature, but
>>>>> especially for a woman alone in a car, you should not pull over for an
>>>>> unmarked car. Apparently police have to respect your right to keep
>>>>> going to a safe & quie t place. You obviously need to make some
>>>>> signals that you acknowledge them (i.e. put on your hazard lights) or
>>>>> call *77 like Lauren did.
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>>>>>           Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you
>>>>> this little bit of wonderful information.
>>>>>
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>>>>>           *Speaking to a service representative at ** Bell ** Mobility
>>>>> confirmed that *77 was a direct link to state trooper info. So, now
>>>>> it's your turn to let your friends know about *77.
>>>>>
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I thought I'd post this. It may come in handy some day.

[paul555]

Is this better than 911 when using a cell phone?

[Buckwheat]

longhair
I gave your e mail information to my wife last night about the phone , she came home from work today with this information.  I did not try any of this stuff yet.

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO !!!
There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your
mobile phone can actually be
a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that
you can do with it:

 

FIRST
Subject: Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112.
If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and
there is an emergency, dial 112
and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency
number for you, and interestingly
this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.

 

SECOND
Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday.
Good reason to own a cell phone:
If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call
someone at home on their cell phone from your
cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have
the person at your home press the unlock
button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock.
Saves someone from having to drive
your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles
away,  and if you can reach someone who
has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the
trunk).
Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a
cell phone!"

 

THIRD
Subject: Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#
Your cell will restart with this reserve
and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will
get charged when you charge your cell
next time.

 

FOURTH
Subject:  How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on
your phone: * # 0 6 #
A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your
handset. Write it down and keep it
somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service
provider and give them this code.
They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes
the SIM card, your phone will be  totally useless.
You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever
stole it can't use/sell it either.
If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile
phones.
And Finally....

 

FIFTH
Subject:  Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for
411 information calls when they don't have to.
Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes
this situation even more of a
problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800)
FREE 411, or (800) 373-3411 without
incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.

 

This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on
to your family and friends.

[TrappinJohn]

Don't believe everything you read.  Some work, some don't.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/fakecop.asp

[longhair]

That's some good stuff to know. Especialy # 3 .

[Buckwheat]

Trappinjohn
Like I said,wife brang home from work and did not try any. which ones do not work?

[BP]

Well, they say "Half the stuff on the internet isn't true".  Now I have to figure out which half.