Error On Post Office Information Card Sends Callers To Sex Line

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LUTZ, Fla. -- John Ballard was surprised to hear a recording of a sultry female voice when, trying to locate missing mail-order merchandise, he called a toll-free number on a card sent by the U.S. Postal Service.

Ballard lives in one of the more than 22,000 households and businesses that received a card from the post office with a mistyped telephone number that connected callers to a sex line, "Intimate Connections," instead of a USPS information line.

"I dialed it and, lo and behold, it said something about hot sex," said Ballard, a 69-year-old retiree who said he hung up immediately.

The Lutz Post office delivered the cards to addresses in the ZIP code 33549, said Gary Sawtelle, spokesman for the USPS Suncoast District.

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[Scooter24]

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"Intimate Connections" -- This service brought to you by the Republican National Committee and sponsored by the Family Research Council.

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