# Nasty texts from some I don't know. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435 "2011-09-06T22:18:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/1 "2011-09-06T22:18:49Z")
Over the last several weeks I’ve had several phone calls (usually midnight - 2 am so I missed them, not that I would have answered) with no message left, and during the last week had several texts. All along the lines of “yo sexy, hope ur keeping my in ur mental, blah blah.” (I’ve deleted them all at this point.) The third text I got was on Saturday, so I thought I’d let this person know he (or she but I figured he) had a wrong number. I texted back “wrong number, dude.” There followed a brief interaction in which I assured the person I was not a thick, hot redbone he had met at a gas station and that furthermore I absolutely did not give my cell number to some dude fueling up in a red Grand Prix. In one of the last texts he sent he said, basically, “I wouldn’t have your number if you hadn’t given it to me.” I probably should have continued to ignore his texts. Since Saturday I have been getting several photos a day of him masturbating. Well, that’s a guess - after the first two I’ve been deleting them unopened. I deleted three today. Perhaps those were of puppies and flowers. :rolleyes: Really, it’s sort of gross. I hope he stops soon. Every time I hear the “bing” for a new email or text message I hold my phone at arm’s length and if it’s a message from this person I quickly bring up the options-delete screen. It crossed my mind that for a few bucks he could probably get my information from the number but my sense is this is just a general, opportunistic loser hoping to get a rise out of someone. But still. Ewwww. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/2 "2011-09-06T22:45:54Z")
My phone lets me block texts from certain senders. I take it yours does not. In that case, I’d have someone very scary-sounding call him pretending to be your husband. Might not work, but then again, might. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/3 "2011-09-06T22:50:59Z")
I’m sorry you’re being put through this. ☹ Possible solutions: Call your service provider and ask them to block the number. Check with your state’s Attorney General to see if there’s a cyberstalking (or “cyberharrassment”) law that covers this situation and file a complaint with the police (don’t delete the messages, as they may be needed for evidence). Try to find out who the caller’s provider is and complain to that company. Even if there’s no cyberstalking law in your state, try texting the pervert that you are filing charges against him for cyberstalking. Best of luck! ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/4 "2011-09-06T22:52:02Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > but my sense is this is just a general, opportunistic loser hoping to get a rise out of someone. I think that’s unlikely. He probably got fake-numbered. A good move on the woman’s part, apparently, but you’re getting the fallout now. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/5 "2011-09-06T23:31:40Z")
I wonder why a woman would give him a fake number? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/6 "2011-09-06T23:38:17Z")
You could just send him a text like error code 14 number not found, otherwise, I’d just look to see how to block his number. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/7 "2011-09-06T23:45:45Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > My phone lets me block texts from certain senders. I take it yours does not. In that case, I’d have someone very scary-sounding call him pretending to be your husband. Might not work, but then again, might. Nah, just don’t answer it for a month, then, if it’s still going on, get a very male friend to take your phone for a week or so, and act very excited at the possibility of hot gay sex action arriving on his brand new phone number. Hell, if I lived in your area code, I’d do it. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/8 "2011-09-06T23:47:28Z")
In one of my brief texts to him I said he’d probably been given a fake number by this chick at a gas station. Apparently he has a pretty high self-esteem because that was when he responded “If I have your phone number, it’s because you gave it to me:” :rolleyes: I realise now I should not have responded at ALL, not ever. The good thing is, I haven’t had a text from him since about 3 pm. If I get any more between now and tomorrow morning I will call my provider and block his number. What a douche! ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/9 "2011-09-07T00:24:14Z")
You could always try escalating the situation! Send him pictures of your poop. Ask him if he likes it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/10 "2011-09-07T00:43:34Z")
I’d probably either tell him to knock it off or I’m taking the illicit/unsolicited pics to the police (BTW, I’d stop deleting everything on the off chance that it does escalate) OR I’d start messing with him. Ask him to meet you somewhere 45 minutes away tonight then call it off a few minutes before the meeting time. Tomorrow, pick a different location somewhere else and call it off after you know he’s already on his way. If he doesn’t give up after a few days maybe tell him your boyfriend found the text messages and the pictures and you can’t do it anymore. Other then that, I kinda liked the idea of replying with a fake error message. Maybe sending one more message saying “That’s fucking it, I’m getting my number changed” then about an hour later replying to all messages with the error message. Or, just ignore them, they’ll stop eventually, ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/11 "2011-09-07T00:55:44Z")
I wonder what would happen if someone decided to create a website with, say, wang pictures somebody else started sending to their phones, unsolicited. Or, say, post wang pics to craigslist with his phone number attached. I’m just asking questions here. I’m not suggesting someone register his phone number as a domain name and then post the pictures that site. That might be immoral or something. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/12 "2011-09-07T00:55:52Z")
Can’t you call the number and tell him that you have made it clear that the person he met gave him a fake number, which happens to be your 12 year old daughters number, and that if either of you hear another peep from him, you are taking his penis photos to the police and pressing charges? ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/13 "2011-09-07T01:00:25Z")
> [@echo6160](#): > > You could always try escalating the situation! > > Send him pictures of your poop. Ask him if he likes it. Or “here’s a link to some sexy shots of me” and then it links to the video of that guy that died after the horse fucked him. …but blocking the number is probably the best way. ---
**Author:** ![OneMissedPost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@OneMissedPost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneMissedPost)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/14 "2011-09-07T01:23:32Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Over the last several weeks I’ve had several phone calls (usually midnight - 2 am so I missed them, not that I would have answered) with no message left, and during the last week had several texts. All along the lines of “yo sexy, hope ur keeping my in ur mental, blah blah.” (I’ve deleted them all at this point.) That’s really weird, especially since you don’t know who it is. I would assume it to be drunk texting because of the hours, but that doesn’t explain how this person got your number. I would just block the number if possible. That would be the easiest solution. Still, that’s really creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/15 "2011-09-07T01:44:46Z")
> [@OneMissedPost](#): > > That’s really weird, especially since you don’t know who it is. I would assume it to be drunk texting because of the hours, but that doesn’t explain how this person got your number. As others have said, and it sounds right to be, he was probably hitting on someone and they gave him a fake number and said “here call me later” so he’d go away. As for the odd hours, I’m guessing he’s leaving a bar and looking for a booty call. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/16 "2011-09-07T01:46:46Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > Can’t you call the number and tell him that you have made it clear that the person he met gave him a fake number, which happens to be your 12 year old daughters number, and that if either of you hear another peep from him, you are taking his penis photos to the police and pressing charges? Oh, yeah, write back and say “I’m only 11, and if you don’t stop I’m showing this to my mom”. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/17 "2011-09-07T02:38:13Z")
Contact your service provider and see if they can do anything. If he’s sending you unsolicited photos of a sexual nature they may have a solution. Don’t try to retaliate, it may make the situation worse. I’d stop deleting them, but of course don’t open them. Ignoring them may work too, but if it doesn’t the phone company may help. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/18 "2011-09-07T12:23:22Z")
Well, no texts from “Lil Chris” since about 4:30 pm yesterday so hopefully he’s given up trying to get a rise out of me, as it were. The notions of sending him poop photos or saying the phone belongs to my minor child are intriguing but I would have been extra-squicked out if that increased his ardor! I will find out from my service provider how to block a number, though. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/19 "2011-09-07T20:29:39Z")
> [@buckgully](#): > > I wonder what would happen if someone decided to create a website with, say, wang pictures somebody else started sending to their phones, unsolicited. Something similar exists. Example: [818-486-9138 / 8184869138](http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-818-486-9138) One _could_ post the pix as one’s avatar on such a site. Not that **I** would recommend one do that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435/20 "2011-09-07T21:40:00Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > Something similar exists. Example: [818-486-9138 / 8184869138](http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-818-486-9138) > > One _could_ post the pix as one’s avatar on such a site. Not that **I** would recommend one do that. 😃 I thought about posting something to one of those “who called me” sites! But it appears he’s decided I’m not the hottie he was hoping for because he appears to have stopped with the shenanigans. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasty-texts-from-some-i-dont-know/595435.md?page=2)