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    Why does this website have my phone number and for that matter most other mobile numbers I know of.
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    http://www.contractoruk.com/ir35/index.html

    I was in China for quite a while.

    I can't explain that website, but guess they have had access to the mobile listings made available by UK operators for directory enquiry purposes.

    When I was over, I also noticed if I searched for a few Chinese mobile numbers they appeared on similar websites. Not sure what to make of it. If China ever becomes the call-centre capital of the world, I suppose we can start worrying.

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      #3
      Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
      Why does this website have my phone number and for that matter most other mobile numbers I know of.
      Mine is there too.

      Though I was in China in 2008.
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        #4
        Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
        Why does this website have my phone number and for that matter most other mobile numbers I know of.
        Some of those are Wong numbers
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          #5
          Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
          Why does this website have my phone number and for that matter most other mobile numbers I know of.
          People people enter mobiles there to check if they exist?

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            #6
            Originally posted by Paddy View Post
            Some of those are Wong numbers

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              #7
              Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
              Why does this website have my phone number and for that matter most other mobile numbers I know of.
              Probably harvested from some kind of massive botnet / mobile phone thing.

              You'd be immune if only you used a Mac and an iPhone.
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                #8
                Mine is not there
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                  #9
                  Armed with an autodialer and a range of numbers, it would only take one ring to see which ones are active, so about a day and no cost to generate this list.

                  Once you have the list, there are thousands of potential buyers around the world that would buy a copy for a 100 bucks a pop. Not a bad plan B....


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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Zippy View Post
                    Mine is not there
                    Mine is, but not on the page linked to - try changing the numbers at the end of the URL (http://www.cnjuqing.com/haoma/0776181) to the first seven digits of your number

                    Alternatively, try this Google search, replacing the "0776181" with your full number.

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