Are 0800 Numbers Important For Criminals?

It would seem like they do not care about 0800 numbers they will attempt to take anything they want so it really doesnt matter what it isa?

Value

Although your phone may be worth a lot to you it may not be worth much to the average criminal. Even the iphone is not worth much to a criminal when selling it on. Mind you a profit on nothing is a lot to a criminal so you can see why when they are desperate for money that they do this.

Problems

The major problem with this kind of crime is that if you own a very expensive phone then you know it could be you. The people that commit these kind of crimes do not target specific people like the older generations and women but target anyone with a fairly decent phone. They do this because they are often drug addicts and when you have gone without something you are addicted to you can become very desperate indeed.

Too Far

Because these criminals are desperate they seem to attack people rather than just take the phone. A few years ago many people were getting killed for their mobile phones. Although it isn’t quite as bad as this now it still happens and happens when people try to resist the mugging. The best piece of advice is to let them take it, then call up the phone company to get the phone blocked.

Protect The Phone

If you have a smart phone then make sure you password protect it then that way if it dos get stolen there is nothing they can do with it. It can be very important as quite often people will store a lot of information on their phones.

So although a criminal will not be interested in fax to email or premium rate phone numbers they could be after your mobile phone so just watch yourself.