More than a year ago she asked GTE to install a block on her phone - a feature designed to prevent calls to the costly numbers. Hopkins is one of many North Idaho residents who have been billed for calls to a sex line they insist they never made. GTE has received complaints from 30 people living in the Hayden area. All the residents have phone numbers that begin with and all received their suspicious bills from a Florida company called North Star Communication Inc. They talk about things they might not be able to talk about with their wife. North Star Communication accepts the call, keeps track of how long the caller is on the phone and then sends the records to Long Distance Billing Company, which sends the charge to customers via their phone bill.

Just one ring on your cell phone can lead to fraudulent charges on your phone bill. If you have a cell phone, you probably check your Caller ID before answering a call. If you miss a call, even if you don't recognize the number, you may be tempted to ring the caller back. Don't do it.

On the first night that Anton had professional phone sex, he gathered several sex toys, a deck of cards, a pair of sandals, and a rubber band ball. Anton, a transgender man transitioning from female to male, had delayed this moment for a month. He felt ashamed about doing sex work and too introverted to speak intimately with strangers. So, to make the task more familiar, the movie geek and former thespian built a sound effects kit. The sandals made a spanking sound; snapping a rubber band sounded like a small slap.