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Wrong number! Job hotline was sex line

Story Created: Jul 3, 2008 at 10:34 AM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 3, 2008 at 10:34 AM EDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Looking for work in all the wrong places?

That's what happened to job seekers who dialed a phone number listed on the state's Family Health Administration's Web site - which actually was a phone number for women looking for sex.

The number for the Maryland Job Service Hotline was listed incorrectly on the state Web site, as well as in the Verizon Yellow Pages and other Web sites.

State officials say they are aware of the problem and are working to correct it.

The correct number to call for Maryland Job Services is 1-410-767-2148.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Friday, Jul 4 at 1:51 AM L wrote ...

this reminds me of when a local bank put out business cards with my home number on it, no one bothered to proofread it. I put on my answering machine that they had reached a private residence and not the bank but people still left messages and if I answered got very rude with me. so i can understand the frustration... I even made the bank pay for when I changed my phone number!!