Comments on: FTC claims telemarketers aren’t calling cell phones. Are they sure about this? http://mobilitysite.com/2006/01/ftc-claims-telemarketers-arent-calling-cell-phones-are-they-sure-about-this/ Mobility News, Reviews, and Views Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:46:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Karlik1 http://mobilitysite.com/2006/01/ftc-claims-telemarketers-arent-calling-cell-phones-are-they-sure-about-this/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Karlik1 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:42:32 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=2876#comment-732 Karlik4 Karlik4

]]> By: psionandy http://mobilitysite.com/2006/01/ftc-claims-telemarketers-arent-calling-cell-phones-are-they-sure-about-this/comment-page-1/#comment-731 psionandy Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:47:33 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=2876#comment-731 About once a year (for a couple of months) in the UK I get loads of calls from different companies offering me a new deal. These companies have no idea who i am, and i've never dealt with them. They get the number of my phone like this. Say I bought a phone from Vodafone in september. Vodaphone will use blocks of numbers for all new connections, therefore if I buy a phone from a store in that month, I can pretty much guess the numbers of the previous/next 200 customers. And if i was an annoying tele-sales company I could then offer them insurance/new contracts in 12 months time etc. All without anybody releasing any numbers to anyone. About once a year (for a couple of months) in the UK I get loads of calls from different companies offering me a new deal. These companies have no idea who i am, and i’ve never dealt with them. They get the number of my phone like this.

Say I bought a phone from Vodafone in september. Vodaphone will use blocks of numbers for all new connections, therefore if I buy a phone from a store in that month, I can pretty much guess the numbers of the previous/next 200 customers.

And if i was an annoying tele-sales company I could then offer them insurance/new contracts in 12 months time etc.

All without anybody releasing any numbers to anyone.

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