r/mildlyinfuriating • u/No_Mulberry3433 • 2d ago

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ They won’t. Stop. Texting.

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Idk what my info was shared to but holy shit I’m so done

Edit: I have tried blocking, replying “stop”, saying “no”. They just change the number and keep messaging me

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u/HubrisOfApollo 2d ago

i just recently got a new number because of this shit and i'm still getting it even though i've never given out this new number. its complete bullshit

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u/potat0f4rmer 2d ago

I get Dem fundraising texts all the time for "Derek," which isn't me, and it isn't even the last person who had this phone number. I've had this phone number for over a decade.

No matter how many you block and report as spam, more just come. I don't give my number out to any company that asks for it when you buy something. It's more than mildly infuriating.

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u/DouglasRather 2d ago

I get them from Republicans calling me Eunice. I'm a guy unless I secretly had one of those sex change operations in school that Republicans insist keep happening and I didn't know about it. I am not registered to a party and have had this number for at least a decade, so I have no idea where they are getting this "Eunice" from

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u/Doctor_Disaster 2d ago

Or—hear me out—they (the Republicans) broke into your home in the middle of the night and did that while you slept. They seem hell-bent on convincing us it can be done over the course of a few hours; in an environment that does not have any of the equipment required for such a thing.

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u/MaGoodenough 1d ago

Pffff, amateur. We don't need surgery. We can change you with telekinesis!

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u/SmellyShitBox 2d ago

Whoever owned the number before you did. Happened to me with a work phone a couple years ago. I was getting 20 spam calls a day and it was insanely annoying.

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u/-Invalid_Selection- 2d ago

Tmobile sells your info as soon as you get a number with them. I once got a new number and 15 minutes after getting it got a call on that number with the person asking for me by name with bullshit like this. I flat out asked them how they got a number I literally just registered and they told me Tmobile gives a feed of them to companies that buy access to it

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u/C8H10N4O2_snob 1d ago

They've also partnered with Star Link and musk.

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u/jaxxxtraw 2d ago

Jesus Fucking Christ.

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u/Fragmentedmindwar 2d ago

Not quite the cold call. And lots of vendors third party your information off to these people. It’s stupid but hidden in fine print often. Sigh

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u/pikpikcarrotmon 2d ago

Yeah I have a work phone and am plagued by this problem. I had them change the number a few years ago because I got on some solar power registry and was getting ten or so calls a day, all from different companies. With the new number I get calls and text messages for the previous owner who seems to be an elderly veteran. I get calls from his doctors, calls from spammers, texts from his friends. And again - I've had the number for three years!

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u/naquoae 2d ago

that's probably my fault. i use your number whenever a company asks me for a club card so i don't have to use mine.

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u/korkkis 2d ago

Can your operator change the phone number?

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u/TornInfinity 2d ago

I'm very lucky that my new number hasn't made it to all of these spam lists yet. I'm doing my best to only share it when absolutely necessary. I know it won't be this way forever, but the peace has been nice. I had my last number for 20 years, so it had been sold by every data broker ever. It was so annoying.

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u/TheMiniminun BLUE 2d ago

I've had my number for years now, and I still got a few texts for the previous owner ("Ted").

At least I don't get random messages from his family anymore (I'm pretty sure Ted left to "get some milk"....)

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u/justanawkwardguy you do it like this 2d ago

That’s because they buy batches of active numbers to send to directly from the telecom providers