I wonder BSNL sold my landline number to how many businesses

Yes, I understand that this could be work of a rogue BSNL employee but still. I am used to getting calls from rude people from some SBI branch in Delhi trying to sell me some policy for the 'welfare of my family'. Today I got a call from a 'RO SERVICE CENTER'. The lady pretended that she was speaking on behalf of the company that installed the RO system at my house. The conversation was something on this line:

Lady: Sir, the serivce of your RO system is due, shall I send a technician?
Me: Huh? Which company are you calling from?
Lady: RO Service Center
Me: Hangs up.

I guess they know that almost everyone these days has a RO system that requires costly replacement parts every few months so it is a shot in the dark that probably has a good success rate. Yes, I do have a RO system at my place. It is from Eureka Forbes and they do not have my landline number.

Sad. The way fraudsters think is amazing. If only they put this into something creative. ..

Yup. The way she talked... I mean that takes some serious skills.

lol. Even I've received these rogue RO calls. Luckily they didn't know brand I had, else would've taken the conversation further.

Also. BSNL landline numbers are easy to come by because of the online directory feature. I think even if you just enter the sector, it gives information about all bsnl landline numbers in that sector, complete with name and address. :/

right... 😡

i actually had 2 women show up at my door claiming they are from mtnl and that mtnl is handing over operations to tata so i need to fill their forms and get a tata landline lol. they were pretty convincing and i am quite sure they would have convinced some gullible people esp senior citizens. Started fumbling after i turned the tables on them !

Can't put it better.

You can avoid all these calls just by registering your BSNL Landline/mobile no to BSNL PCPR i.e. do not call registry (pcpr.bsnl.co.in) and you will not get any further advertising calls and SMSs .