☎️ Stranger Memorises Woman's Phone Number At Check-Out

A woman has shared her experience of a stranger memorising her number after she shared it with a cashier.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jersey and Amanda gam Nation. How do you feel? And
I don't like doing this?

Speaker 2 (00:05):
When you go to a grocery a member is that
what it's called of a grocery store? And when you
go rewards and they say what's your phone number?

Speaker 1 (00:17):
I don't like it?

Speaker 3 (00:19):
And they do it. So your phone number.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Is why don't they just ask you for the last
few digits of your phone number. We'll have a listen to.
This is what happened to someone who was at Dan Murphy's.
She went into Dan Murphy's in Adelaide to buy something
for her boyfriend and she was asked for details, a
membership details, so she recited a phone number, etc. Hours later,
she got a text from an unknown number that said
do you think that you are immune?

Speaker 1 (00:44):
It sounds a bit threatening to her because.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
It wasn't just a high from an unknown number, so
she did some sleuthing. She blocked the number, but she
did some sluice, some sluicing, and she discovered who the
person was. She called the number and to find out
how he'd gotten her details and confessed he'd been standing
behind her in line at Dan Murphy's and had memorized
her phone number when she'd read it out to the employee.

(01:09):
Dan Murphy's themselves, when asked about this, had said, we
try and handle person information with care for the most
secure experience. We recommend customers download the dan Murphy app
more data mining, save their membership card and their digital
wallet and scan that when they make a purchase.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
But you get asked your phone number time now.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
I find I've always been like this, Like recently when
I bought my wife a little in espress her coffee machine,
and what you're addressing? What your details? I said, Hey,
give me your computer, an old type serial killer behind me.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Why do you have to give all your details to
buy a pair of chutes, to buy anything?

Speaker 3 (01:46):
Why?

Speaker 2 (01:46):
I remember Harley walking out of a shop because he
wanted just to buy jumper and they needed to they
wanted to know his address. He said, why do you
need to know this? And she said, I'm sorry, I
need this information on your phone number. For the said
you don't. Your boss says you do, but you don't.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
Because the way the computer terminals now at the cash point,
there's all these steps that they have to go, and
the people don't have the wherewithal to click past that anymore.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
So I know I have to do this, but look
how dangerous it can be.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
But why don't those organizations say these will give me
the last four digits of your phone number. Why does
your whole phone number need to be read out loud?

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Sure, put on.

Speaker 2 (02:26):
A toilet wall, but that's different. Here's my last four
numbers of my phone number. Try and call me

Speaker 1 (02:33):
Eight six seven, five three