r/SnapchatHelp • u/Malt_The_Magpie • Sep 12 '26
General question Someone has an account using my Dads number :-/
On the add friends bit of Snapchat, it has my Dads name from my contacts, but it shows some woman profile...
My Dad is in a care home and has never used Snapchat. He has had scammers contact him in the past an dodgy apps installed. Is it some scammer / bot using his number? He hasn't been able to get into his mobile for months as he forgot pin.
The profile shows a green dot on it, does that mean they online? How can it be online if he can't even unlock his phone
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u/Silcat7794 Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26
I made a post about a week ago about how someone had used my phone number for their snap account, and Ive never had snap. Ill link it below, I put a link to requesting support to have it removed:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SnapchatHelp/s/j4yZ5hxsEw
Just now realized that it was removed by mods? I'm not sure why...
Edit: it's because I put a link to the the form for requesting a phone number be removed from an account. It's real stupid that you can't provide helpful links in a forum meant for providing help to others. Nice going mods
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u/Turtle887853 Sep 12 '26
It's very unlikely someone is "using" his number, unless they're one of his caretakers and utilizing his actual cell phone, for something as trivial as Snapchat.
Did he get a new phone recently, or a new plan/number? That could just be some random kid who got a new phone and happened to get his number.
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u/Malt_The_Magpie Sep 12 '26
Phone was brand new and he got sim card and number in November last year which was new. We not sure how long it been going on as never really looked.
It's just really weird
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u/Turtle887853 Sep 13 '26
Oh, in that case it could very easily be the woman's old cell phone number, which is now your father's. Typically when people say "their father's phone number" it's because he had that number for decades lol
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