This comprehensive guideline succinctly explains the steps you need to take on how to make a private call on MTN and keep your caller ID anonymous.
Despite being the biggest and most popular mobile telecommunication network provider on the African continent, stemming from its humble beginnings from the streets of Johannesburg in South Africa; MTN, however is not immune to the barrage of cybersecurity threat and privacy violation encapsulating this industry.
With an ever evolving world of compromised privacy, criminals lurking around in the dark corners of your world are taking advantage of digital negligence to perpetuate their evil works.
One cunny tool in their arsenal is in stalking their intended targets and they do this by infiltrating into your mobile phone number.
This guideline offers proven steps on how you can conceal your caller ID especially when calling someone you do not not know or familiar with.
The steps on how to make a private call with MTN and remaining anonymous can be achieved and done from four practical ways which is being discussed below.
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How To Make A Private Call With MTN
Whether you are in South Africa, Nigeria or in more than 70 countries that MTN has presence, especially for roaming purposes, you can enable the option to make private calls.
The following are ways to make private call on MTN and hide your caller ID as anonymous.
1. Dialing #31#
For MTN, the ussd code to make private call is #31#; this works especially if you are in South Africa. When you dial this code, then input the receivers number after it e.g. #31#0628310222.
This ussd code works virtually in all countries MTN operates and while this is the most cost effective approach to hide your MTN caller ID, this option is not the only option available for MTN users.
However, this is the most recommended and preferred option because it is free and you do not need to have data or an active internet connection. In addition, you can dial this code on any phone you are using.
2. Activate VPN On Your MTN Phone
The use of VPN is gaining popularity worldwide for the effectiveness it gives you as an anonymous person when making private call on MTN.
While its use has its limitation from my personal point of view because you will need an internet connection and a smartphone to use it. In addition, the use of premium VPN providers like expressvpn is recommended so that you will avoid the many fake VPN providers on the web today.
To use VPN to make private call with MTN and hide your number when calling, follow this steps below:
- Look for a premium VPN service provider like expressvpn, pay and subscribe, then download their app on your phone
- After the successful installation, activate it, navigate to settings and enable the hide caller ID features.
3. Leverage on use of Pay As You Go Sim Card
In most cases, these pay as you go sim cards gives you unlimited option to use registered sim cards that were not registered in your name to make calls.
Just go to any spaza shop, get this ricad sim card or just collect from all these street vendors and make use of it.
While this sim card is not a permanent sim you are using and will not make your call private, but it affords you the opportunity to make your call, and later on, you can just throw the sim card away.
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4. Use Your Phone Settings
To make private calls with MTN on any android enabled phone e.g. Samsung is not a rocket science.
To make yourself anonymous and hide your number, follow the three ways below:
- Dialing *67
Dial *67 followed immediately by the recipient phone number.
- Dialing #31# or *#31#
Dial #31# followed by the number e.g. #31#0628317777 and your number will be hidden.
