Dirty Old Man Posted September 26, 2006 Hey everyone. Last night I received a strange phone call at 3:30 am that kind of freaked me out. The person said hi to me by my name and asked if I was able to catch up. It totally sounded as if they wanted to score drugs or something, which is pretty weird considering I am not a drug dealer and never have been. They identified themselves as Glen and said Michael Gonzalez had given them number. When I said they probably have the wrong number they hung up. The really weird thing is this Glen person made a very similar phone call to me about 3 months ago wanting to "catch up" and that they were just around the corner. That time my curiosity got the better of me and I asked where they got my number and where they were located and they said they got a number of someon or other and they were in South Yarra (clearly not around the corner as I am in Brisbane). Have any of you guys experienced anything similar? I might be paranoid, but it feels like someone is checking up on me or trying to set me up. Any advice? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyAmine. Posted September 26, 2006 Spooky.. Sounds like it may just be a coincidence mate, like maybe there is a dealer named DirtyOldMan in Melb with a mobile number that’s the same as yours, only off by one digit. So they have been accidentally dialing yours instead? I had this happen to me a fair bit with one of my old mobile numbers... people ringing me looking for this other guy that had a number that was similar to mine. After many of these calls I found out that he had the same number except the last digit in the mobile prefix which was one higher or something. In the same vein, a friend used to receive heaps of calls from Johns looking to make a date, turns out the number of the prepaid mobile she got used belong to a hooker but was reassigned to her.. LOL You could always get them traced? or record them if you hve the function on your phone and save it for 'ron. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simon_marklar Posted September 26, 2006 Occams razor suggests that its simply a wrong number. The police do not bother to set you up like this unless you are doing something really, really naughty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apothecary Posted September 26, 2006 I would call the number. Say, I got a call from this number at 3:30am, who is this, don't ask how they got the number, ask which number they were trying to call! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leo^ Posted September 26, 2006 If it keeps happening just ring THEM at 3:30am and play "Msg to Harry Manback" to them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devance Posted September 28, 2006 I got a crank call one time. He said [i'm fucking your wife]..I said thanks for the recommendation. I not married. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fenris Posted September 28, 2006 There are reports of crank calls which seem to be a bit other worldly. I read about this in The Fortean Times. A person, usually a child calls up almost usually in some sort of mild distress but when the person on the other end tries to get some useful information to help the individual, none is given. No names, locations numbers or in fact what the nature of the distress actually is and the distressed person hangs up. Apparently this happens enough for it to be noticed. Other than the completely rational, explanations such as disembodied souls, ghosts or manifestation of a thought forms were discussed. I cant say I have ever had a crank call, though I have seen and heard the odd ghost. The dead have been using the telephone system for years, its quite evident when you try to call telstra. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dirty Old Man Posted September 28, 2006 Thanks for all the replies. I have kind of come up with a solution. I have saved the number under "dodgy" and assigned it to its own group in my phonebook with no ring tone. At least this way I will never be woken up in the middle of the night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naja naja Posted September 28, 2006 (edited) My mate had sum1 wake him up at 3:30 am once. He was ropable and was waiting for an appropriate time to wake them up and give them a mouthfull of abuse. Well, later that day, bout lunch time, the guy calls again and appologizes for the wrong number at 3:30am. Wat a good guy! Sure made my mate feel a bit small. lol ANd as far as wierd phone shit goes. I have had multiple times now. The phone rings my end, so I pick it up, only to hear a ringing tone on the other end. Then sum1 else on that end also picks up as if I called them. This happened once and the local hospital was on the other end. They didn't believe that it was a telstra fuck up and thought I needed help. Happens most just as i hang up my end from another call. SRY to hijack, just another wierd phone story. Edited September 28, 2006 by naja naja Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PD. Posted September 28, 2006 and they were in South Yarra (clearly not around the corner as I am in Brisbane). All ya have to do is agree to meet him "just around the corner" in 5 minutes, turn ya phone off and go back to sleep. The mystery caller will then no doubt go and wait for you, when you dont turn up and your phone is off they might get the picture Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
occidentalis Posted September 28, 2006 Happens most just as i hang up my end from another call. This occurs when you have been using call waiting. When you answer a call on your second line, then transfer back to your first without hanging up, that line is left 'open'. Then when you hang up the first, your phone still has an open line which causes it to ring. You can avoid it by hanging up when switching back to your first call - your second line will close, and your phone will ring, you pick it up and you're talking to the first person again. Make sense? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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sobriquet Posted September 29, 2006 I wouldn't worry about it. I had a mobile number overseas that had a double numbers that meant I got many many weird calls. Here's an example: If your number is: 0419 888 551 The person wants to dial: 0419 88 55 12 But while dialing the double 8 actually hits it a third time. That call will come through to you. You can see how this happens for other doubles, triples etc. also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiders Posted September 29, 2006 something similar sort of happened to me - but i ended up working ut how the guy got my details - but why cant these people just call at normal times...??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted September 29, 2006 Our home number is very similar to one of the police stations in the area, so we get some pretty freaky calls on a regular basis. Now we just let it go to answering machine. Our homenumber is also pretty close to some guys home number who lives in the same town as that police station I mentioned above. For about 2 years he rang almost every friday night at about midnight, pissed as a newt, apologising to his wife with very slurred speech and lewd language and would not comprehend that he was actually not talking to his wife. After months and months of this I finally managed to get out of him which number he wanted to dial, so I rang his wife and told her about the whole thing. That was the last call we got from him Ahh yes, the yellow pages also misprinted the local mower shop's phone number and put our in there instead. So for 3 years we have been getting constant requests for mower repairs. Added to this the constant Dell faxes, Indian call center canvassers, and bible bashers looking for the previous tenant (who was a pastor), and the answering machine became a neccessity. The best thing to do in these cases is not to get paranoid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naja naja Posted October 7, 2006 This occurs when you have been using call waiting. When you answer a call on your second line, then transfer back to your first without hanging up, that line is left 'open'. Then when you hang up the first, your phone still has an open line which causes it to ring. You can avoid it by hanging up when switching back to your first call - your second line will close, and your phone will ring, you pick it up and you're talking to the first person again. Make sense? I don't ever use call waiting, so can't see that as being the problem. The weird thing is how it randomly connects me to sum1 elses phone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themagicmushroom Posted October 8, 2006 Sounds like it may just be a coincidence mate, like maybe there is a dealer named DirtyOldMan in Melb with a mobile number that’s the same as yours, only off by one digit. So they have been accidentally dialing yours instead? lol, back when i was a too-cool-for-school lunch time bong-head we tried to ring a dealer, the phone picked up, "hey, is that phil?" "yep, what up?" "can we meet up" "huh?" "can we meet up... y'know..." "umm..." "This is phil isn't it?" "yeah..." "look, we're in kaleen, trying to get on..." "Kaleen? isn't that like a suburb in canberra? are you trying to buy drugs? get the fuck of my phone you fucking pothead." beep beep beeeeeeeeeep. So, yeah, it does happen. M. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FungalFractoids Posted October 12, 2006 All ya have to do is agree to meet him "just around the corner" in 5 minutes, turn ya phone off and go back to sleep.The mystery caller will then no doubt go and wait for you, when you dont turn up and your phone is off they might get the picture ROFL! I think i may have done this to people before... back in laburnum =D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foolsbreath Posted October 12, 2006 "Kaleen? isn't that like a suburb in canberra? are you trying to buy drugs? get the fuck of my phone you fucking pothead." If it wasn't the right Phil, how did he know you were after pot and not something else? Sounds like you got stooged Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themagicmushroom Posted October 12, 2006 nah, got the right phil on the next call.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
