So (not posting on the other thread) what is it about the phone number thing, please?

[TwinklyfLightAttendant]

Could someone explain why it is dodgy to put your number on a thread? [thick]

Well, unless you want everyone in the world to find your number...

If I was DESPERATE I would put my personal details on profile for long enough to be seen by someone on her and then I could delete it w/o waiting for MNHQ.

Even then I think I would use my email rather than phone number.

Yes, but why the panic? Do people really scour MN active convos for phone numbers? There can't be many.

(am not very clever, please humour me!)

...but waiting for a more scary explaination...

I'm just surprised she's not got a mobile she could have used to phone herself. I do that all the time (and vice versa when I can't find my mobile )

Twinkly....I suspect there are robots which can scour the whole web for numbers or words in teh format of a phone number, address or email...

Sleighlymadsanta is right. Agencies that seel phone numbers/email/addresses set bots to scour every inch of the web.

and there are weirdos who read mn unfortunately, and that thread was fairly obvious

I may just add my number now noone ver rings me it will be nice to chat to someone even if it is a robot trying to scam me

There is something else but I'd rather not say until her number has been deleted

Can you say on this thread so that I don't miss the answer...it will be on my watching threads that way

cheers my bestest friendly MN buddy

Oh dear. My email is on a few. I had better get them deleted. I usually leave spaces like evryone else but a few times I forgot. Do you think mnhq would mind deleting them? Hassle for them.

I doubt they'd mind deleting, but there really isn't too much they can do with just an email address, though you might get spammed, I doubt they could scam you.
Just don't open any email attachments, or click on any links in emails that you dont recognise incase it's a virus.

email's no biggy.

Oh, that's a relief! I have been getting a bit of spam lately, about one or two a week, nothing like I used to get with my old address (that was the domain apparently, not individual )

Have now reported all 8 of my posts with my email on them.

Thanks so much for explaining.

I hope there is someone about to delete Sugar's number.

where is the number thread [nosey emotion]