Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Phone sex line transfers callers to Obamacare

Photo - By making two digit errors, would-be callers to Obamacare's phone operation actually end up dialing an adult phone service. (Photo: Thinkstock)What do Obamacare and phone sex have in common? Answer: "intimate connections."
By dialing 1-800-382-5968 — a number that differs from Obamacare's line by just two digits — you can reach "our nation's little secret ... intimate connections."
An obliging voice gives you the option to press two to hear the phone number that President Obama read out during his press conference on the woes of healthcare.gov.
Press three, and the phone sex service transfers you to the government line. (Option 1, naturally, asks for your personal preferences and a credit card number to verify your age.)
Yahoo! Answers has featured multiple questions about the "Obamacre sex hotline" (sic), but the threads have been deleted.
It's not clear if civic-mindedness alone accounts for the "intimate connections" redirect to the health insurance exchange call center.
"[I]t stands to reason that a legitimate company would only provide option '2' in order to get the caller off the line," a retired cyber security expert who told the Washington Examiner of the phone line said, given the cost of paying for enrollment phone calls.
Via: Washington Examiner
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