Re: DND Sharing of phone number

H'm. I combine DND with my Android phone's blacklist functionality
<http://www.wikihow.com/Block-a-Number-on-Android>, with admirable results.

I'm not sure the blacklist / auto-reject function is available on all
smart-phones, or even on some of the less syrupy earlier avatars of Android
(I have *Kit-Kat *or *Lollipop *or some thing). The rejected party is told,
"You are not dialling a valid number" which, I suppose, is less hurtful
than the conventional "If you call me again, you abysmal sod, I'll track
you down and strangle you with your own intestines."

And, yes, you can unblock them just as easily. Very useful when dealing
with friends and family.

Sajan

On 22 January 2015 at 13:36, Ramnarayan.K <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is interesting.
>
> Particularly about goons landing up at the door step :-)
>
> My experience with DND is mixed - on the whole once I have registered for
> DND with the SP the  spam calls have dropped sharply. In some case where I
> have registered for DND with some other kind of service provide (like
> Satellite TV etc) they have called once to clarify that I have registered
> for DND with them,  which would mean they cannot call even when my
> subscription etc runs out, after saying yes they have been pretty good in
> not sending spam or calling.
>
> However one nasty number 57171 refuses to go away - there is no
> information on who they are , and how they "subscribed me" consequently
> every week i end up paying Rs 1 for "personality tips" their de-subscribe
> message number replies back with Invalid Request.
>
> So just like the goons can get hold of our information, i wonder if there
> is a way of getting information about the spam thugs so that we could
> release some law at them.
>
> ram
>
> On 22 January 2015 at 12:59, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>   An IT manager major insurance company once called me frantically
>> saying the telco was threatening to disconnect their main board line due to
>> my complaint of telemarketing spam :)
>>
>> Sharing complainant data is just plain wrong though.. Not all are likely
>> to be apologetic. Many  of these spams are sent  by shady builders etc and
>> they are quite capable of sending goons to your house due to the complaint
>> if your data is shared back to them
>>
>> As for the withdrawal you may want to send a email to the guy who
>> contacted you saying you withdraw it, and he can send it to the telco. That
>> is if you so wish. If you prefer to keep the complaint and let the guy get
>> disconnected that is surely your prerogative too.
>>
>> On January 22, 2015 12:38:05 PM Manuj Gupta <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Whenever I get a spam SMS, I generally report it to the service provider
>>> for action through one of the apps I have. However, surprisingly, yesterday
>>> I got a call from one of the persons whose number I had reported for
>>> withdrawing the complaint. The person was apologetic enough but I wasnt/am
>>> not really sure what mechanism exists for withdrawing complaints once they
>>> have been reported. Does anyone know?
>>>
>>> Also, I am still baffled as to how could the service provider share my
>>> phone number with this person so freely without even asking me? Does anyone
>>> know if this is allowed?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Manuj Gupta
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