getting irked now

[leedy]

Ok, this is getting really weird. Not to mention annoying.

I have now received five (count 'em, FIVE) text messages from Mystery Number A, asking me to provide them with credit for their phone. Then, just now, I received a text message from Mystery Number B, on a different network, saying that they have no credit and could I please call them?

I presume this is just a rather persistent case of mistaken phone number, though I'm not sure whether I should text them back or not. Either that or I have a stalker, albeit a rather impecunious one ("Sorry, I can't really afford to stalk you, can you loan us the price of a heavy-breathing phone call?").

Comments

[chiller.livejournal.com]

It sounds like txt based spam. I'd delete them without responding or you'll end up with your number on some ghastly database somewhere.

[leedy.livejournal.com]

Hmm, that's also a possibility....

[jane-the-23rd.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, that's a possibility. Maybe you could call Vodafone and tell them? They might not be able to tell you who it is, but if you explain the situation, I imagine they could tell you if it was a legitimate number or a spammer. And certainly, it is in their interest to keep spammers at bay.

[leedy.livejournal.com]

Well, it hasn't happened again since yesterday, so I'm now tending more towards the "idiot student who has spent all his phone money on cheap booze" theory. If I get any more messages, though, I will be phoning the relevant companies and administering some WRATH.