Monday, July 18

Maine electronic food-stamp cards printed with sex-line chat number

LJ Langelier has some Facebook fun with his Maine food-stamp card that erroneously links to a sex chat line.

"Welcome to America's hottest talk line. Ladies, to talk with interesting and exciting guys free, press 1 now. Press 1 now."

That's the greeting callers get when they dial the number on the back of their Maine electronic food-stamp card. Either the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has branched out into the phone-sex market or it's a misprint. Turns out the agency hasn't opened a sex line, and instead the phone number to reach the agency is off by one digit on the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.

Agency spokesman John Martins told local media that the department is aware of the mistake, and it's being corrected.

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