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Kudos0

Someone else is registered to my phone number

Posted: 18-Aug-2021 | 10:14AM · 5 Replies ·

Is there a way to use Privacy Monitor to unregister my phone number from someone else? I don't know whether they made a mistake or gave someone a fictitious phone number, but on some lists my phone number is registered to someone else. I have had the same number for over 20 years, so there cannot be any duplication by the cell phone companies. This person is over 80 and is clearly a target for scams and spam phone calls and predentary real estate. It's annoying. When the scammers call and ask for her, I now ask them to wait while I get her. Then I just wait until they hang up.

Thanks.

Labels: Norton Privacy Manager, Tech Support Scams

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Kudos0

Re: Someone else is registered to my phone number

Posted: 18-Aug-2021 | 1:01PM · Permalink

What lists are you finding this information on? The only way to unregister your phone number is through your provider. They can supply you a new number. 

Kudos0

Re: Someone else is registered to my phone number

Posted: 19-Aug-2021 | 3:36PM · Permalink

Privacy Monitor is a Norton LifeLock program that searches through data broker sites on the internet and reports back to you what info it finds on those websites. Data brokers are notorious for having wrong and out of date info about individuals. The info is about you (your name, address, phone number, age, etc.).

If you somehow have found your phone number listed to someone else I do not think Privacy Monitor can help you. If your phone number is listed there for someone else you can contact the website owners yourself to remove your info but there is no telling what they will do.. There is no easy way to accomplish this.

Kudos0

Re: Someone else is registered to my phone number

Posted: 19-Aug-2021 | 3:45PM · Edited: 19-Aug-2021 | 3:47PM · Permalink

Privacy Monitor
https://us.norton.com/feature/privacy-monitor

Privacy Monitor Assistant
https://us.norton.com/feature/privacy-monitor#PMA

Kudos0

Re: Someone else is registered to my phone number

Posted: 20-Aug-2021 | 7:19AM · Permalink

I was only finding it on TruePeopleSearch which I have never heard of before. I sent them a message but have not heard back. I will be surprised if I do.
Kudos0

Re: Someone else is registered to my phone number

Posted: 20-Aug-2021 | 10:06AM · Permalink

These data brokers can shut down and open again under a different name. Same company but might charge a different price on different terms for their customers. They troll the internet and find various pieces of info about an individual and their software combines all and spits it out to paying customers and sometimes freely to others.

If you have ever received your credit report from various credit agencies you know that some information they have is wrong or outdated. They now are more responsible in helping to fix it. I know in the past I have spent much time correcting my credit info and I think Congress has passed some laws to tighten up those things. But these data brokers are probably less interested in spending time to fix their info and I think the laws are fairly loose right now and hopefully will change in the future.

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