Ever been stalked by some nutter you gave your number to on some online dating site or in a bar after a few too many? Yes, I thought so, who hasn't really...
Well good news, a new service called losemynumber.co.uk has just been launched and it allows you to create a temporary number for your mobile - which diverts to your current phone - which you can hand out to strangers, safe in the knowledge they don't know what your actual number is.
And your new mate/date turns out to be a freak you merely shut down that number, create a fresh one and hand that out to your next new dates or friends.
The service is free to sign up to, but people who call the "fake" number are charget 50p a minute from a BT landline. So instead of just hanging upon your old stalker you can milk them for what their worth, or just check that you new hot date of Guardian Soulmate doesn't seem too weird before you meet irl.
The patented service was created by Gill Kamel, a 52-year-old woman from Lancashire, who came up with the idea after her divorcee friends told her horror stalker stories about online dating gone wrong.
"Internet dating and social networking is a fantastic new way for people to reach out and make new friends - but there are always people out there who are not all they seem and we take so much on trust," she said.
"Hopefully Lose My Number will give people more confidence, feeling safe in the knowledge they are not letting their guard down too much," she added.
The service is the first of it's kind in the UK and Mrs Kamel is tipped to become a multi millionare from it's success - and she plans to expand it to the rest of Europe and the US.
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linuxsapien
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sorry Mrs Kamel fag ends, but its not the first of its type. Im a leet hacker and i have been using services like this for decades. Go open another business. she aint worth the tip!
- 1 year ago
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linuxsapien
