trekz 7 Posted April 26, 2008 100,000 hoax calls prompt plea from Dublin Zoo AFP - Thursday, April 24 06:16 pmDUBLIN (AFP) - Dublin Zoo appealed to the public on Thursday not to be taken in by hoax text messages that have led to its switchboard being jammed by an estimated 100,000 calls in two weeks. People are receiving text messages to their mobile phones asking them to ring the zoo's number for an "urgent message." The texts are signed with names like G. Raffe, C. Lion, Rory Lyons and Anna Conda. "This is proving to be a very serious waste of our time and resources," the zoo said. The zoo's marketing manager Veronica Crisp told RTE state radio they had previously got hoax calls on a few days of the year like April Fool's Day but the current situation "was getting out of hand." "It might be kind of funny the first few times but we have lost our sense of humour now with calls coming in at a rate of about 13 a minute. The system is pretty much choked," she said. Crisp said the police and Ireland's communications watchdog had been unable to help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted April 26, 2008 Some people are just waaay too gullible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wishfire 2 Posted April 27, 2008 Especially in Ireland. Damn drunks! :angry: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites