NWR: Weirdest Wrong Phone Number...

emarston1

I recently switched my phone number and have gotten a ton of wrong numbers - and in particular for a woman named Linda.  It's been driving me nuts and I'm about to start making up stories about what happened to Linda. 

So in order to lighten my mood...what's your funniest wrong number story?

Mine is actually a wrong voicemail from about 10 years ago when I first got a cell phone (and I was 15):

"Hey this is Jim.  I just got out of jail and I'm back from Chicago.  Give me a call."  He had a wraspy voice and grunted the message.  I was a little freaked out but it was also very entertaining.  Your turn.

louisvillebride21

H keeps getting a call from a collection agency for "Tiffany". I can't even remember how many times H has had to call and try to get his number removed.

katiewhompus

One of the weird ones happened to my sil. Her dad passed away in 2003. In 2007 she received a "Hey honey, just checking in on your new house. I love you" voicemail from her dad.

We keep getting mail for a Donna mylastname at our new house. It's weird.

emarston1

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[QUOTE]One of the weird ones happened to my sil. Her dad passed away in 2003. In 2007 she received a "Hey honey, just checking in on your new house. I love you" voicemail from her dad.
Posted by katiewhompus[/QUOTE]

That is so freaky!  I couldn't imagine getting a voicemail from someone who died.  I would not handle that well.

banana468

My office has an 800 # and a regular # for our area code.  If you mix the two and dial the 800 version with our local #, you get a gay sex line.  Things I've heard:

"So are you wearing any panties" - (I thought you were into dudes!?!?)

To my coworker: "So, um.. do I just give you my credit card # now?"  (he's a guy).

And today:

"Oh, God I'm so sorry I have the wrong #.  I mean I'm so sorry yeah wrong # so sorry, bye!"

karbar42

When I first got my blackberry for work I kept getting calls for Tonya, friends of hers, a weird regular message that sounded like a muffled child, and lots of collections calls. I finally changed my VM message to say if you've called for Tonya this is not her number.  

saxy414

My FI keeps getting calls from collection agencies for Craig Spellgihhekdfhkh-something.  He gets so frustrated, and has told them it's the wrong number, but I will admit it was good for a chuckle a few weeks ago.  He was waiting for a call to find out whether he got a new job or not, and every time the phone would ring he would pounce on it...then the pouty/angry face he would get when they asked for Craig Whatever-his-last-name-is was so cute it was funny.

That's nuts the voicemail came 4 years late.  I don't think I would handle that well, either.

twilight.rose

My number used to belong to a guy who apparently owes the Ohio State Neurological Center about $45,000. Their collection department called me for over two years attempting to track him down, even after I explained numerous times that I had no idea who he was.

LesPaul

The number we had when I was little was one digit different from the local locksmith.  So we got calls at all hours from people who were locked out of their homes and cars and needed help.

temerityjane

Long, but strange:

I sent my friend Jeff a message via Facebook about his changed phone number, since I had called him and some other dude answered. I had seen on his facebook page that he was also planning on moving soon, so I was like, wtf, dude?

So, later that day (yesterday, actually), my cellphone rang and it said "Jeff," which was weird - I had called the number in my phone last week and got some other guy who told me it was a wrong number. I picked it up, and it WAS Jeff.

Jeff: So, I didn't change my number. Why do you think I changed my number?

Me: Because I called you the other day to ask you a question and some other guy answered, that's why.

Jeff: I didn't change my number. Something is wrong with my number - it doesn't go to my voicemail. It doesn't go to my voicemail, it goes to some other guy.

Me: That's... weird.

Jeff: Yeah. His name's Reggie!

So, then Jeff launches into this tipsy tale of woe, about how he's sweating this engaged chick who also seems to like him, and the call fails. I call back, but he doesn't answer - instead, it goes to Reggie.

5 minutes later, Jeff calls back.

Jeff: You need to learn how to work a phone.

Me: Reggie says hi.

salt78

When I had my LA number I was always getting a call from collections for some random person. Even though I told them to stop calling me because the person was not at my number, they kept calling. Finally the representative told me that I had to send them proof (ie: my phone bill) that the phone number was in my name at that point and I asked to speak to their supervisor and completely unloaded everything from my vast arsenal of obscenities on them. They never called me again.

skippylouwho

For a couple months after my mom died we would get voice messages on the phone at her house. We would be over there going through things, getting it ready to sell and there would often be voice messages. It was a woman, that I would guess was at least in her 50s and she would just say:

"linda...... Linda, are you there.   Linda.... Linda" and eventually she would hang up.

You could tell she was calling from a business or restaurant cause there was always background noise.  We never figured out who it was or why they were calling. If it was someone truly trying to get ahold of her or someone pulling sick prank calls. My parents  had a winter place in Florida and for all we know it was a friend from there actually trying to reach her.

jlw1492

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[QUOTE]Long, but strange: I sent my friend Jeff a message via Facebook about his changed phone number, since I had called him and some other dude answered. I had seen on his facebook page that he was also planning on moving soon, so I was like, wtf, dude? So, later that day (yesterday, actually), my cellphone rang and it said "Jeff," which was weird - I had called the number in my phone last week and got some other guy who told me it was a wrong number. I picked it up, and it WAS Jeff. Jeff: So, I didn't change my number. Why do you think I changed my number? Me: Because I called you the other day to ask you a question and some other guy answered, that's why. Jeff: I didn't change my number. Something is wrong with my number - it doesn't go to my voicemail. It doesn't go to my voicemail, it goes to some other guy. Me: That's... weird. Jeff: Yeah. His name's Reggie! So, then Jeff launches into this tipsy tale of woe, about how he's sweating this engaged chick who also seems to like him, and the call fails. I call back, but he doesn't answer - instead, it goes to Reggie. 5 minutes later, Jeff calls back. Jeff: You need to learn how to work a phone. Me: Reggie says hi.
Posted by temerityjane[/QUOTE]


This happened to me once.  I accidentally forwarded my calls to someone's home phone.  I'm not too sure how I did this, but I had to call Verizon to get it straightened out. 

skippylouwho

Another thing related to my parents phone number, it was close to the number of the local hospital emergency room - the last two digits were reversed. They often got calls for people trying to reach the ER.

KentuckyKate

The Howard Stern show accidentally called my freshman dorm room.  It was played on the air and everything.

vgmartinez

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[QUOTE]I recently switched my phone number and have gotten a ton of wrong numbers - and in particular for a woman named Linda.  It's been driving me nuts and I'm about to start making up stories about what happened to Linda.  So in order to lighten my mood...what's your funniest wrong number story? Mine is actually a wrong voicemail from about 10 years ago when I first got a cell phone (and I was 15): "Hey this is Jim.  I just got out of jail and I'm back from Chicago.  Give me a call."  He had a wraspy voice and grunted the message.  I was a little freaked out but it was also very entertaining.  Your turn.
Posted by emarston1[/QUOTE]

weird...i had one very similar to this when I was 15. Except it was to my house phone and the guy started out saying he knew my dad. I said he wasn't home so he could call later, click. He called back and started telling me he just got out of jail and something like he wanted me to pick him up or something and was very persistent and kept saying he knew me and thought I was pretty. Talk about weird and scary.