{"id":62,"date":"2007-05-16T10:50:46","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T08:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/wordpress\/?p=62"},"modified":"2007-05-16T10:50:46","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T08:50:46","slug":"private-numbers-and-spambank-who-are-those-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Private numbers and Spambank – who ARE those people?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I get about one SMS every 3 days from Nedbank trying to get me to buy\/win\/participate in something or other, and fairly regular phone calls, not to mention the junk post as well.<\/p>\n

I don’t really mind email spam that much, as the vast majority goes straight to my junk folder, if it even reaches me. There are tools for filtering it out.<\/p>\n

However, there are no tools for filtering out junk phone calls from private numbers, nor unclogging my letterbox.<\/p>\n

Private numbers are an idiotic idea, the equivalent of someone knocking on your door wearing a balaclava. Sure, I’d want to open up and let them in.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately there are some people using private numbers I do<\/em> want to listen to (mostly blaming their cellphone routing software), but most often it’s a junk call. Some advice to businesses – if you want people to answer the phone (and in a tone that isn’t already defensive), don’t hide behind a private number.<\/p>\n

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