is a flowchart illustrating the steps involved in using the first preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention in step 202 subscriber 110 can be assigned or provided with a disposable telephone number the disposable telephone number preferably has a prefix or an npa that is dedicated for all disposable telephone numbers for example a telephone number having the 10 digit format of npa nxx xxxx with the npa being u201c 999 u201d may be recognized as a disposable telephone number of the present invention in a specific example subscriber 110 may be provided with the disposable telephone number 999 332 2323 alternatively a seven digit format may be used for disposable numbers on a regional basis for example within one or more area codes the nxx part of the nxx xxxx may be an exchange such as u201c 999 u201d in step 204 the disposable telephone number can be related to or associated with a true telephone number of subscriber 110 for example the 999 332 2323 disposable telephone number can be associated with the 123 456 7890 true telephone number of subscriber 110 in step 206 the relationship between the disposable telephone number and the true telephone number may be stored preferably the relationship is stored in a database the database may be database 132 shown in fig1 database 132 may comprises a look up table that relates the disposable telephone number to the true telephone number again table 1 above is an example of the look up table in step 208 the disposable telephone number may be given to a caller from whom subscriber 110 wishes to receive a telephone call but.