June 13, 2006 | Texting, 1 2 3...
I've been getting text messages on my cell phone from someone who has the wrong number. It happened a couple of times, and I just deleted them. I figured the sender would realize what they'd done, and stop or find the right phone number. Apparently I overestimated their intelligence. A couple of Fridays ago, we went to a movie (the Al Gore documentary, it was really good), so I turned my phone off. When I finally turn it back on, it starts beeping incessantly. I've got 5 text messages and they are definitely not supposed to be for me. They were all the same message though. Saturday, while we were on a bike ride, another message. Last night, after midnight, I got 3 more, all the same.
It ALMOST seems spam-like at this point, but I'm not entirely sure. There's a phone number associated with the text message and it's local. But the fact that I'll get 5 message that are exactly the same is what raises the spam flag. They started out to the tune of, "i miss u", but are now bordering on soft core pr0n. So you can probably understand why I now feel the need to do something about it. It's not that I mind the pr0n, it's the atrocious spelling I can't stand.
Kidding.
Anyways, I'm tempted to send back a message with "WRONG NUMBER", but that could start a back and forth I don't want to get involved in. I would continue to ignore it, but the fact that I'm getting these messages at 12:30am is a TAD on the annoying side.
So I'm looking to you, once again, internet. Any suggestions to stop the text messaging madness? My provider is Cingular, and I've checked their site to see if I can block the numer, but it appears I can only block SMS messages. I'm going to see if I can find anything out via some google seaches, but if you have any advice or suggestions, it would make me oh so happy.
The text messager struck again tonight. So I replied with "UNSUBSCRIBE", and got another message. I then replied with "STOP UNSUNSCRIBE WRONG NUMBER". I get a couple more messages, and then finally a message with "ur right. so sorry. please forgive me".
Hooray! I think it's over now! I should have saved some of the messages, just for kicks. You wouldn't believe what some people will send to the wrong number.
I could be wrong -- but those sound like SMS messages. That is, you could be charged 25 cents (or as much as a few dollars) per message. I'd check with your cell phone provider right away.
I had a teenage girl that called me for weeks asking for yolanda. I tried to tell her that she had the wrong number and she replied as if I had wronged her. Finally I had a male friend answer in his deepest voice and said wrong number, stop calling. It worked. Now I know its not the same as your situation and I don't know what to tell you, other than what the hell is wrong with people?
Thanks everyone! I think I'm going to try the STOP and UNSUBSCRIBE tactic and see what happens...
I'd say wait and see if they send you more messages and if they do, have a guy call and saight eventually have to change your number, haha.y that they have the wrong number. Nothing nuts or accusatory (is that a word?) but just more of a "dude, I think you're sending texts to the wrong cell, just fyi, either you have it saved wrong or she gave you a fake number." If you call, the guy may be all "hey, baby, you like my texts?" and then you m
Of course, there are lots of different (and more fun) options, but I'm boring and I go for situation-resolving.
we tell people at work who are getting those types of texts to text back "STOP" or "UNSUBSCRIBE." if it's weird spam, then they have to stop if you use the unsubscribe. (but you have to use all caps!) i would start with stop, then move to the other. i hope they go away!
i am terrible they would have done the wrong thing if it were me. at this point i would say the sky's the limit. and probably post their phone number on a message board and say go nuts or something. they would get theirs. or post it on a myspace bulletin. i'm not nice when it comes to being annoying repeatedly, and when it involves the inTURDnet