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A true-to-life story · 90 seconds

The loyalty points that cost you your number.

Tuesday, 8:40 pm. You’re paying for dinner.

“Sir, mobile number please? For loyalty points.”
“98XXX XXXXX.”

Ten digits. Ten seconds. 100 points.

What you didn’t see: your name, visit history, spending pattern and birthday attaching themselves to that number in their system.

What you couldn’t see: months later, the list travelling — marketing agencies, SMS vendors, “partner restaurants”.

“Dear customer, FLAT 50% OFF!! Click here…”
“Congratulations! You have been selected…”
Unknown caller · 9:40 pm

All because you wanted 100 loyalty points.

Then one day you change your SIM. The restaurant loses you. You lose your points. The spam, of course, follows the old number to whoever gets it next.

Now, the same evening — with OBolo.

“Would you like loyalty points? Just scan this.”

Your phone shows exactly who’s asking, why, and what they want. Display name — yes. Loyalty account — yes. Mobile number, email, address, birthday — not even requested.

Accept.

Done. They get a real customer: ID, name, loyalty status, a verified chat channel. You keep everything else.

The ending, rewritten

Six months later, the buffet offer arrives.

As an OBolo announcement — not an SMS blast. You can receive it, mute it, block it, or disconnect entirely. Change your SIM and nothing breaks: your points live on your Dynamic ID™, not a number. Disconnect, and the restaurant instantly loses messaging rights and profile access — unlike your number, which would have stayed in their database forever.

You

Kept your number, your inbox and your evening.

The restaurant

Kept a loyal customer it can actually reach — because you chose to stay reachable.

Nobody

Lost any functionality. That’s the whole point.

Rewrite your own ending.

OBolo is free. Your number is priceless. The maths is simple.