TRENTON — What a difference a few numbers can make.

The state Attorney General's Office issued a press release Tuesday announcing how customers can possibly receive a share of $68 million to settle complaints of billing abuse by cell phone carrier Sprint.

The Sprint Government Restitution Helpline is (877) 389-8787 (FREE). But the number originally listed in the release flipped a few digits, sending callers to a line where the talk is most definitely not about improper billing practices.

Instead, mycentraljersey.com reported, callers to what was actually a phone-sex chat line heard two women asking if "they were looking for a good time," or could also be invited into an "orgy room" with the speaker's "girlfriends." The mistake was not discovered for about a day and was corrected following media inquiries Wednesday.



The Attorney General's Office attributed the error to a "simple typo".

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