I Give It to You

One thing that make me sad about Indonesia is there is seems to be no privacy for mobile phone number. Every one who have mobile phone often get message from unknown number. Most of them are advertisement. I also often get this kind of message and I feel that it is really annoying. I don't know how can they got our number. Some people think that maybe some persons from the phone company sell the phone number data to advertising company.

Besides advertising message, the other message that is very annoying and even more dangerous is fraud message. For example, we receive message that wrritten "You win a car from a lottery. Please send us money (the amount is varies) to pay the tax." I and my family know that this kind of message is fraud and never care about that kind of message. Unfortunately, many people still believe this kind of message. After they realized that they were deceived, they report it to the police. But usually it was too late and the culprit can't be found. They usually throw their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) phone card after they get their money. Therefore police can't track them. The SIM phone card is very cheap in Indonesia and you can have as many as you wish. In Indonesia you may often meet people with 2 or even 3 mobie phone with different number because there are no rules that restrict the number of SIM card.

One of my friend ever told me about his experience regarding this case. He also often get fraud messages but he can't be decceived. Once, after he got a message that he won a car, he replied the message. He wrote. "I already have too many cars in my garrage. My garrage can't accommodate one more. So, I give those car to you. Enjoy your car." And I laugh when He told me his reply. Perhaps I should try it too.