Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Lookup Prepaid Cell Phone Numbers Abused by Telemarketers

Privacy is an important concern for prepaid phone owners. Millions of people look for names and other details of various phone numbers every month. These details are used for telemarketing calls.

Call center employees are trying to make more and more money using such methods. They steal information about you from somewhere and make calls to sell a wide range of products by which they make money. Many of the calls are automated in nature so that they can reach thousands of people in little time.

How to Stop Prepaid Telemarketers:
You can stop the prepaid marketers in various ways. You can contact the wireless carrier and provide them details about the calls you are receiving. You can also contact the FCC which doesn’t favor such telemarketing spam. You can also contact the local authorities to complain about the calls.

Currently all the prepaid numbers are tracked when you purchase them. Online reverse look up directories help people look for your details. There is a small fee for these directories after which these search various government and public records to display your data to anyone. But these are restricted by the privacy regulations. You can call the carrier service and tell them about the number from which you are receiving such calls and the carrier will definitely do something about it.

It is the very nature of prepaid phones which makes them susceptible to such telemarketing calls. These are more private and the telemarketers call you at a time when you are likely to be at home. You can restrict them. Just follow the tips mentioned above.

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