WRONG NUMBERS: Call Girls, Hackers, And The Mob In Las Vegas

by Glen Meek, Dennis N. Griffin

"Wrong Numbers is an intriguing and well-researched crime story detailing the intersection of big money and quick sex in the city that contains a lot of both." - Jack Sheehan, author of Skin City

Was a hacker diverting phone calls meant for Las Vegas escort services? The FBI wanted to know, and so did associates of a New York Mafia family.

In one of the most unusual undercover operations ever, the FBI had an agent acting as a manager in a real Las Vegas escort service.

Federal agents expected to find prostitution and drugs in the Las Vegas escort industry. What their investigation uncovered was even more serious.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

174 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 13, 2019

Reviews

[Valerity (Val) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this to be a fascinating aspect to the crime being investigated in Las Vegas, and the outcall/escort industry part of it in particular. I just bought and read this book by Griffin who I’m familiar with, and Meek who is new to me. It certainly made for a really good read as I flew through the information that was dug up and put together by these authors. And I always enjoy reading anything that has mob involvement in it, so this was a win-win for me. Lots of quirky characters that seem to be pulled from a fiction book, but are completely real. I would recommend this for true crime fans, especially those who like Las Vegas and the mob angles.

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[Tina Loves To Read · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am sad to say this was not a book for me. I am happy it was a very short book, so I did finish the book. I felt like this book was more like a long newspaper article. Nothing great. I won a kindle edition of this book from goodreads giveaway, but this review is 100% my own opinion. (*)

[Mandy White (mandylovestoread) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Vegas I know and love is bright lights, concerts, shopping and lots of alcohol. The Vegas of Wrong Numbers shows the dark and seedy side of the town.

Mobsters, adult entertainment, murder and corruption. It is all here and so much more. Anything can happen in Vegas and it does.

Thanks to Wildpress Publishing for my audiobook to listen to

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a resident of Las Vegas I love books on the history and the dark side of the city. This book was a quick read as I'm pulled into the mystery of how hackers can divert phone calls from one escort agency to their own. Schemes in Vegas are a plenty! Tracking down the source has the detectives in a wild goose chase. A good read, but a lot of characters to keep track of.

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won this book in a goodreads drawing.

In the 1990's advancing technology served as a shot in the arm to the Oldest Profession. Computers and phones allowed call girls to run wild in Vegas. The mafia saw this, and wanted to carve out a piece for themselves. Also, a computer expert was somehow shunting calls from competitors to his own company. The FBI got involved, and investigated incompetently, but eventually broke things up for a while.

Repeats itself a lot.

[Debbie (Can’t breathe w/o a BOOK) D · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really appreciate winning this book in the Goodreads giveaway, and this is my honest opinion.
This book reads just like an investigative newspaper article. It has the bones to be a good book, if it weren’t for that. So if you can get beyond this format, you’ll enjoy the story. I on the other hand am not able to get past it. Just when I would begin to get my grove on, here comes a commercial and you have to suffer thru it.
This storyline is one of my favorite types of genres, but …………
Obviously a lot of work went into this story, it’s just too bad the format screwed it up for me.
Thanks for giving me this chance.

[Heath Geo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too much conjecture. No citations provided. Poorly written and unattractive fonts and text. Honestly it sounds like so many mob fantasy books, some authors overly sensationalize mobsters sounded more like a love letter to counter culture than anything remotely interesting, he's a fan boy. Everywhere there should have been detail or facts there were none and then oodles of nonsense filler. The most disappointing purchase of the year. This book has all the components to be interesting and it was F-.

[Joanne · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF....
Factual information; but just could not connect to the subject matter.

[David L Frank · Rating 1 out of 5]

Complete waste of time, maybe more of a novel than non-fiction.

[Gina Marie ~books are my drug of choice~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Questions with and without answers

This book is a fascinating read on the mob, call girls and the FBI. The author provides historical background of call girls in Nevada, how the mob worked and the changes in each that led to this situation. The book is an interesting relatively fast read. Not all the answers you want are provided as this is a true story and true crimes are not always solved to the last detail. The author pulls no punches even when discussing his own news reports at the time. This proves the author's honesty to me as a reader. I learned a great deal of information by reading this book.

I recommend this book to anyone interested in the mob, prostitution in Nevada, or how an FBI undercover investigation works. This is a little known case outside Vegas but makes me want to keep looking to get that final answer. I chose to give an honest review of this book after receiving a free copy from the publisher.

[Kasey]

Thank you for the opportunity to review this book as a giveaway recipient. I am excited to finish it and will update my thoughts on this book soon!

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating read.