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stop bothering me with spam phone calls!!
Mar 24th, 2009 at 12:04pm
 
I am so annoyed!!  My personal telephone number has been listed on this site as an unverified alternative to paypal - I have received numerous unwanted calls. When I used the contact us link it advises these posts may not be read and to use the forum. Of course you have to register for this!!  What an unmitigated waste of my time. Please remove my number from your site and put in place a method where you can be contacted directly to deal with such problems. What a joke a site like this has  no contact phone number.

Very angry from Hackney
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Reply #1 - Mar 24th, 2009 at 12:38pm
 
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Sorry for this and the nuisance caused.
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Reply #2 - Mar 24th, 2009 at 12:53pm
 
Thank you -- and what about the idiot who posted my number? You obviously  have their details, surely you will investigate. Further will there be a more transparent way of contacting those administering the site?
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Reply #3 - Mar 24th, 2009 at 1:07pm
 
1vader wrote on Mar 24th, 2009 at 12:53pm:
Thank you -- and what about the idiot who posted my number? You obviously  have their details, surely you will investigate. Further will there be a more transparent way of contacting those administering the site?

I will contact others who run the site about this and see what they have to say. I can't offer any more than that I'm afraid.
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Reply #4 - Mar 24th, 2009 at 2:06pm
 
Dave wrote on Mar 24th, 2009 at 1:07pm:
I will contact others who run the site about this and see what they have to say. I can't offer any more than that I'm afraid.


Dave,

While you may have an IP address for the person who added this number clearly people don't have to be registered users of the site to add an alternative number.  You may want to reconsider this and whether for instance alternative numbers should only be able to be added by those who have made at least five forum posts that have not shown themselves to be malicious in intent.
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Reply #5 - Mar 27th, 2009 at 5:31pm
 
There are ways you can perhaps track the perpetrator.
An IP address can point to an ISP (internet service provider) and you hope it's not Wanadoo because they will just do nothing.
Sites such as http://www.geobytes.com/ipLocator.htm can find a geographical location and I've heard there are better ones that can pinpoint as far as postcode.

However, the search is likely a waste of time. Check the numbers submitted before adding them to the database if possible, that should prevent unpleasantness like Angry Hackney.

PS: I utterly sympathise, I've gone through that myself.
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Reply #6 - Mar 27th, 2009 at 5:47pm
 
OTOH, it could be an easy and cheap way to drum up a bit of business in these recessionary times (list you own business's number as an alternative to a major competitor).
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After years of ignoring govt. guidelines & RIPPING OFF Council Tax payers using 0845 numbers, Essex County Council changed to 0345 numbers on 2 November 2015
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