On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:40:27 +0100, Jeremy Nicoll - news posts wrote:

Any ideas? I got the first phonecall within 12 hours of activating the
SIM and no-one had the telephone number at the time other than me and
one other person (I doubt she has anything to do with it)

That doesn't mean the number wasn't previously someone-else's though,
perhaps on a PAYG contract that fell into disuse.

^ this. 100%.