It feels like no one can imagine himself without a cell phone in 21st century of the information technologies. Cell phone is a necessity which helps you get in touch with your relatives and friends. The original idea of the cell phone was the privacy, but the times change and for now no one can guarantee it. No, I was just joking, but you better be more attentive while using your cell phone and follow some of the essential tips to keep the safety and privacy of your cell phone.
1.The first thing that comes to mind is the recent appearance of the reverse phone lookup opportunity. Well, I would like to inform you that though this feature is available due to its high-accessibility, but anyways its usage for telemarketing calls is illegal.
2. The most essential tip to do is to make your cell phone number or “not listed”. The only bad thing about this is that most likely you will need to pay a monthly fee for the service to stay activated. Anyways for those who know your name will most likely access your info from the Directory Assistance of the operator.
3.You can also try the option of your number of being “not published”. By so we mean that your phone number will not be included in White Pages and Directory Assistance. Just as a reminder , I would like to say that this might be rather expensive service.
4.You can pay a little and ask your mobile company to put not yours but for example your maiden name and every time someone calls and calls that name you can block the call. This is the best way to avoid the monthly payments for your number to be unlisted in the address books.
5.Ask your mobile companies not to include your address, some of them will do it free of charge and so if the telemarketing company will not know your address you’ll get a chance to avoid the fact of being disturbed.
6.Do not put your cell phone number on your personal checks as there are some companies that get the address and your number from those.
7.Avoid the strange calls using the tip of Anonymous Call Rejection feature, if this turns out to be useless, try using the Call ID blocking when returning the strange calls and in other cases you can do reverse phone lookup.
So just remember that if you will follow this tips, most probably, no telemarketing company will be bothering for you.