Do you give your cellphone numbers easily?

It is not safe to give out your cell number. I do not give out but had a bad experience of receiving calls in the middle of the night. The person will call and then hang up. Luckily for me the calls stopped.

Hi, annierose! Stealing cellphone number and giving junk calls and short messages have already been a black industrial chain now, who dear give cellphone number casually? Your way is quite advisable! Me too.

I only give the number to close family and friends which amounts to, maybe 10-12 people altogether.... thats probably why it rarely rings - and, when it does, its often a 'wrong number'

I don't give out my number that easily, you have to be a close friend or a relative for you to have my number. Sometimes, I also don't give my number to an old class mate or school mate, I've learned my lessons. You see before, I used to not care whether to whom I'll give my number as long as your my school mate or someone I just met. And so there it goes, because of that attitude of mine I got scammed a couple of times. So now, I'm always careful in giving out my number. Got to make sure I won't be scammed again. Although sometimes, I get messages from people I don't know whenever I ask where they'd got my number, they would reply " from a friend of yours" and this really bugs me.

Hi annierose!no, I don't give my number to people I don't know especially if what they rally want is just a textmate. Only important people in my life can contact me and I hate it when they give away my number and I feel betrayed when they do.

I dont give my cellphone number easily. They have to earned my trust first.

Well... You have forced me to think...wether I give my number easily or not... First I think for a moment and so many times I have lied if I don't have to give...that I don't use cellphones... Actually I live in a colony and here everybody is having life full of meditation and spiritual activity...so those person who live besides me don't expect me to use cell phone and never ask my number ...and when ever I go out...I give my number to those only who I think can care my privacy towards my meditation and life style... Thanks...

Yes, it is true that many people are out there victimizing a other people to earn or perhaps to do bad things. We should be careful. I also do not just give out my number to anyone, unless I know them or unless it is something part of my work or business. I do not even have any text mates since I am quite busy with work.

Heck no! I am not naive with this kind of stuff, although I know a lot of my friends && family are - they hand otu their phone numbers like candy. I don't give my number out as easily. People have to earn my trust, and since I don't do one-night-stands, if I meet someone - the first day I won't give them my phone number.. I don't know. I mean, to each's own. I just wouldnt' want to get hurt or have a stalker!

I did not. For me, a cellphone number is private. It can directly reach me wherever I am. I only gave y numbers to several trusted friends online.

I always give my cellphone number to my friend who I trust them. I never give a strange person my phone number because today there was a lot of scam income phone here. I afraid of scam call phone! It make me annoy when receive it!

Hi annierose, Thank for noticing me. I thought I really am a nobody. I posted this thread a month ago and its just now that you took the trouble of responding to it. Happy holidays ahead. May your days be filled with cheers and glad tidings.

Hi , I dont realy give out my numbers to people that I do business with. several family members a few facebook friends and classmates that I went to school with. that is about all I give my number. if the wrong people get number they will bug me and I dont like that.

off curse no you have to take care about your registration number

I'm not 100% sure how you would define "easily" but I do give out my cell phone number pretty frequently. I do meet a lot of people for work & I'm on the road more often than office. So it would be easier for my clients to contact me on my cell phone than other phones. When I'm in a social setting, I do give out my phone number if somebody asks me. Of course I'm more cautious about it & there are times when I said no.

I easily give my cellphone number for business only not for chat. In my present business i give fliers to all and there is my contact number and email id. It is depend on the people who would give you the contact and the owner or the user. If the works of the user is for chatting then definitely be careful for giving numbers to strangers.

I too rarely give my cellphone number to anyone. I usually ask first why a person would bother to want my cellphone number. So far, the people who knows my number are the people who needs to contact me because of very important reasons like meeting time and such. Text mates are a no-no to me too. I am very busy with other things that I can't be bothered with texting. Texting is too tiring compared to online chatting. Cellphone keypad is very difficult for me to use unlike my computer's keyboard. Another advantage of using computer instead of a cellphone is that online chatting is free compared to texting. I like to use my PC more than my CP. I usually use my cellphone merely as an alarm clock or my watch. My mom's the one who uses my load and she's the one who loads my phone too. Other than being cautious of cellphone scams and others, I merely use my cellphone when emergency arises like when my mother would need me to meet her to help her carry some grocery bags. LOL Happy MyLotting!

I give my phone number to anyone who asks..if I know them, especially if they are in the same school I study at. I'm not really looking for a text mate too- I think it's just a waste of load and you can;t trust other people that easily anymore..

i do have two mobiles. one is for personal and other one for jus giving to strangers where we cant avoid giving numbers. i use my personal number always and jus ignore the other number.. i'll atten only the needed calls in that number

Almost NO!!! because nowadays lot of people sending spam and time wasting sms as well as calls to phones so it is not fair.