Strange messages
I got a text message from a stranger on my mobile this morning. Apparently, Liz was given my number by Louise, and she was wondering if I wanted to go out for a drink. I see three possibilities:
- I have a secret female admirer. Interesting, but very unlikely.
- It’s spam. I’ve never got SMS spam before, but there’s always a first time.
- Someone keyed in a wrong number.
If it was a wrong number, Liz is probablyâat this very momentâagonising over why the object of her affections didn’t text her back. Did he/she get it? Did he/she not want to go out with her? I would text her back and put her out of her misery, but for the second possibility.
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Sounds like an accident to me. I used to get occasional errors like this on my cell phone (and put a message by accident on someone elses recently). All the text-spam I have seen is quite explicit. Byt not telling the girl you could be breaking her heart - and you could be missing out on an interesting experience
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I've received a couple of messages on my mobile voicemail, one in Italian, one in what sounded like an Arabic language. I'm fluent in neither. Like you, I did wonder about replying in case someone missed something important, but then I decided that it's not my fault they can't dial straight...
by Dr Rock @ 05/05/2003 10:05 am • Permalink •
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I've had quite a bit of text spam. I've never answered it, as I don't want them to know for sure that my number's in use, of course. I have had something similar to what you mention, with a name, etc, but I can't remember the specifics of it.
If you feel curious and you want to do something about it, just in case there's a real person waiting for a reply - and that would be my feeling, too, unfortunately - why don't you phone the number that it was sent from, using a payphone just in case?
by David (TEFL Smiler) @ 06/05/2003 9:05 pm • Permalink •
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the other day a couple of my friends told me of a spoof text message doing the rounds at the moment, but it has to be sent by someone you know [which, i think, makes it worse]. the message reads something like:
'hi, it's me, i'm running out of battery. please call me urgently on this number...020 something and ask for liz.'
because it's from a friend, you obviously call the number, which turns out to be for buckingham palace -- they've set up a special answerphone message because of this! some friend it is that sends you that text, eh?
by dvd @ 06/05/2003 11:05 pm • Permalink •
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Hmm. It is beginning to sound more suspicious. If I get the time, I might try calling it from a phone box, but I'm not sure that I can really be bothered.
dvd: That really is mean. I bet the staff at Buckingham Palace aren't too chuffed about it either. I've had lunch in the Palace (in the staff quarters) -- not that it was really anything to write home about.
by bsag @ 07/05/2003 5:06 pm • Permalink •
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Can you remember the phone number, then? And is it the same as the one in your text message?
by David (TEFL Smiler) @ 08/05/2003 6:06 pm • Permalink •
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