Mobile Phone Directory (UK)

[slowfox]

Hmm.

Have just been forwarded an email by a colleague that purports to alert one to the compilation of a mobile phone database, 118-800.

Said site claims that they will remove you from the listings, should you wish to be ex-directory, and to do so, you need to click on the 'Ex Directory' link at the top of the page.

They then text you a confirmation code that you have to enter on the website, to prove that you own the phone.

I'm not wholly sure how legit this information will prove to be - it could be a massive fishing operation to collect verified mobile numbers to then sell on... so I shall let the reader be the judge of whether or not this is for them.

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[linaelyn]

My grandfather (who is 95, gullible, and on his computer all day) recently gave out my primary email address (and those of everyone else in the family) to a site that claimed to "prevent you from receiving any unsolicited emails." He was quite sure this was a government agency which could well and truly bring ALL SPAM to a halt.

Needless to say, my junk mail folder is bulging this month.