# Wife is suddenly getting porn requests on phone. What to do? Maybe NSFW
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 23, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940 "2023-10-23T02:55:31Z")
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### Author:  [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/1 "2023-10-23T02:55:31Z")
Today, my wife received from one number, a link to a pornhub video, an indecipherable text message, a voice message, and a picture of an old man in a towel. From another number, she received a text that just said “pegging??”. She’s never received stuff like that before. What concerns me the most is that the voice mail actually had my wife’s name in it.
We blocked both numbers. Is there anything else that should be done other than possibly changing her number?
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### Author:  [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/2 "2023-10-23T03:08:01Z")
Did you do an internet search of the phone numbers?
Was it an automated voicemail?
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### Author:  [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/3 "2023-10-23T03:09:39Z")
Does the outgoing message include your wife’s name? When you search for her number, does her name appear online?
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### Author:  [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/4 "2023-10-23T03:10:21Z")
No. I searched for her number and her first name to see if anything came up. It didn’t find anything.
It didn’t sound automated but with AI, who can tell anymore?
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### Author:  [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/5 "2023-10-23T03:12:26Z")
I’ve changed my outgoing message so it’s just the phone system recitation of my number. When I had a landline, it was unlisted. Best to your wife–I hope it stops.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/6 "2023-10-23T03:16:35Z")
That wordpegging must be a clue.
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### Author:  [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/7 "2023-10-23T03:16:37Z")
> [@susan](#):
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> Does the outgoing message include your wife’s name? When you search for her number, does her name appear online?.
Ah! Good point about her outgoing message. I just called it and yes it does have her name. She’ll be changing that ASAP.
When I google just her number, the only hit is a Japanese children’s book with her number as its ISBN.
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### Author:  [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/8 "2023-10-23T03:18:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> That wordpegging must be a clue…
I agree. The voice mail (from the first pervert) said something to the effect that “I’ve never tried anything like this but would like to learn.”
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### Author:  [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/9 "2023-10-23T03:19:09Z")
> [@susan](#):
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> I’ve changed my outgoing message so it’s just the phone system recitation of my number. When I had a landline, it was unlisted. Best to your wife–I hope it stops…
Thank you. This sounds like the best way to do it.
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### Author:  [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/10 "2023-10-23T03:20:05Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#):
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> No.
So you didn’t do an internet search of the number’s that texted/called?
That would be the first thing I do if I get a mystery text/call. There are sites where people report and share scam numbers etc.
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### Author:  [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/11 "2023-10-23T03:24:59Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#):
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> > [@Nars\_Glinley](#):
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> > No.
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> So you didn’t do an internet search of the number’s that texted/called?
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> That would be the first thing I do if I get a mystery text/call. There are sites where people report and share scam numbers etc…
No. It didn’t occur to me because I was kind of freaked out. What jarred me is that one was from our state and the other was from a neighboring state.
When I did search, nothing meaningful was returned.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/12 "2023-10-23T03:32:08Z")
I looked on Urban dictionary for the word pegging.
It’s a sexual thing.
I won’t describe it. But look it up if you wanna know.
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### Author:  [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/13 "2023-10-23T03:39:45Z")
Does she have any enemies?
Only half joking.
Those calls and texts would suggest to me that her number is intentionally or accidentally associated with a personal ad somewhere.
And it might not be Google-able–e.g., ads on Craigslist use creative combos of numbers and words to list phone numbers.
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### Author:  [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/14 "2023-10-23T03:40:44Z")
I knew it was sexual and was about 90% sure I knew what it was. I was right. Since this isn’t the pit, I won’t say anything else.
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### Author:  [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/15 "2023-10-23T03:43:08Z")
Yes. I guess it’s possible that these are innocent for very low values of innocent. Whatever it is, I hope it stops.
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/16 "2023-10-23T03:47:08Z")
Check the local men’s rooms to see if any graffiti artists have correlated her number with looking for a good time.
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### Author:  [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/17 "2023-10-23T03:59:24Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#):
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> Yes. I guess it’s possible that these are innocent for very low values of innocent. Whatever it is, I hope it stops.
Yes, or could be malicious, hence asking about enemies. But I’d bet on it being one of the two.
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### Author:  [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/18 "2023-10-23T04:04:35Z")
Spam you should set up your phone so it goes into a black hole, don’t “hope it stops”.
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### Author:  [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/19 "2023-10-23T04:18:27Z")
I’m not sure what that means or how to do it. I’ve blocked the numbers but I don’t know how to prevent spam from callers or in iMessage.
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### Author:  [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-is-suddenly-getting-porn-requests-on-phone-what-to-do-maybe-nsfw/991940/20 "2023-10-23T04:20:13Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#):
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> > [@Nars\_Glinley](#):
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> > Yes. I guess it’s possible that these are innocent for very low values of innocent. Whatever it is, I hope it stops.
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> Yes, or could be malicious, hence asking about enemies. But I’d bet on it being one of the two…
She has no known enemies.
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