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How do these random people keep finding my number??
12 upvotes, 13 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in Girl Talk. "How do these random people keep finding my number??"
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Anonymous 17w

BRO ME TOO!!! i think someone out there is giving a fake number to guys and it's my number

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Anonymous 17w

was it leaked or written down somewhere? have you asked them?

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Anonymous 17w

likely a scammer. a common (but very simple + low-efficacy) tactic is they text you randomly with something like “hi tina, do you want to go golfing?” or something like what you got because it’s very obviously not meant for you. the next step is you reply and say “sorry, wrong number” and then they say “oh i’m so sorry for bothering you, i hope i didn’t disturb you, have a nice day.” when you say “no worries” they come back and say “wait you’re nice, can we be friends?”

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Anonymous replying to -> slutty_anakin 17w

No I just deleted it bc when I went to type it was green and I just assumed it was a text now number

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Anonymous replying to -> slutty_anakin 17w

Not that I know of it wasn’t

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 17w

I’m starting to think it was the person who had this number before me. One time a girls ex texted me asking if I was Estelle I was like who tf is that???

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 17w

That actually crazy though!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17w

they then try to rope you into a conversation by telling you fake details about their name, age, and job and send fake selfies. almost always a relatively attractive single asian woman in her 30s because that’s what would get the most attention from the most gullible population (old men).

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17w

they attempt to build trust and a friendship and stuff and will eventually ask for a couple dollars to get gas or something and then pay you back. this makes you think they’re trustworthy and have real money so when they inevitably ask for a bigger loan you give it to them and they delete all their information and disappear completely off the internet along with your money. sorry for the long description but if you don’t recognize a number, simply don’t bother answering!

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17w

I’ve gotten messages like that before which is why I’m asking idk where they get my number from and I get a spam/ scam call almost everyday from numbers all over the US it’s weird

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

yeah me too. there are only so many possible phone numbers so there are probably bots cycling through everything. the best way to get rid of them is to not respond. even blocking them shows them it’s an active number! so just things like not responding to messages instead of blocking, or ignoring any calls instead of declining them will help

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17w

No yeah my father works in the government sector with security clearance and he gets these kinds of things all the gd time

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17w

weird tactic that works for me (I don’t do it if number looks foreign or anything bc I don’t want some hidden charge of sorts? like a toll phone) is answering with mute automatically on and letting both of us sit in silence for 29 seconds exactly. They then think I’m a bot too I think bc I rarely get calls back from spam when I do

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