{"id":728,"date":"2008-04-08T20:54:22","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T01:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/04\/08\/want-to-steal-from-a-sprint-customer-heres-how\/"},"modified":"2008-04-08T20:54:22","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T01:54:22","slug":"want-to-steal-from-a-sprint-customer-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/04\/08\/want-to-steal-from-a-sprint-customer-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to steal from a Sprint customer?  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