Spinal
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Sep 14, 2004
- Messages
- 4,806
- Location
- between Uxbridge and the Alps
- Car
- x254, G350, Duster, S320, Mach1, 900ss and a few more
First and foremost, let me say that I quite like the service vodafone provides- and most of the time they are pretty good.
Over the weekend, I misplaced one of my phones and given that it's a number I use for work, I cannot warrant not having the phone for more than a day or so.
So today I popped by my local vodafone store, bought a £10 handset and sim card and got my number transferred. All done, and I was up and running within minutes.
The worrying part of the tale is that throughout the process I was asked 3 questions:
1- What number would you like to transfer to the new sim?
2- What happened to your old phone? (felt like idle conversation while he was setting things up)
3- is it pay & go or on a contract?
No ID was checked, they didn't check my name, account details, nothing.
Based on that, I could walk into a vodafone store, give a random number of someone on vodafone and get the number transferred there and then to a new sim and walk out with my victims number...
Something's not right there...
M.
Over the weekend, I misplaced one of my phones and given that it's a number I use for work, I cannot warrant not having the phone for more than a day or so.
So today I popped by my local vodafone store, bought a £10 handset and sim card and got my number transferred. All done, and I was up and running within minutes.
The worrying part of the tale is that throughout the process I was asked 3 questions:
1- What number would you like to transfer to the new sim?
2- What happened to your old phone? (felt like idle conversation while he was setting things up)
3- is it pay & go or on a contract?
No ID was checked, they didn't check my name, account details, nothing.
Based on that, I could walk into a vodafone store, give a random number of someone on vodafone and get the number transferred there and then to a new sim and walk out with my victims number...
Something's not right there...
M.