hey guys, i thought this might end up becoming a rather interesting point of conversation, but sort of let me sum up the situation that apparently I have been placed in.

A few days ago (I believe it was perhaps saturday night the 31st to be exact), I got a text message from a phone number that I have never seen before, and then a call from that number about 5 minutes later (I did not respond to the text message.)  Confused, I answered the phone and inquired to the other party as to their identity.  They claimed to have gotten a text messsage from my phone number, and were calling to see who this was.  I am confused at this point because the area code is from new york, and it doesn't match anyone's that i know up there, nor do I recognize the voice (nor the strange accent that he had going on), nor have I ever texted this number before.  I told him i have no idae how they got this number, nor anything about a text message from my phone as well.  At this point, the person starting asking questions such as, how old I was, where I was at and shit like that. I  refused to answer these questions and ended the conversation.   

The following night I continued to get a few text messages from this number, of which I ignored.  It was shit such as "did you get my message" and stuff like that.  I got a text the next morning from the number that said "good morning."  Didn't hear from them for the rest of the day, and just about an hour ago, I got a text asking "did you get my message?"  Anyways, I really am kind of pissed off and have no idea what exactly I should do at this point.

As far as I know, it is not harrasment in that nothing other than getting unsolicited/unwanted texts messages from this number.   I haven't responded to any of the messages either, and have not returned contact since the first phone call.   I'm curious as to what you guys would suggest.  There is no function on my phone to block the number, but perhaps through the carrier?

Anyways, have any of you guys had anything interesting or such happen with your mobiles?  Maybe talk about the times that you called some random girl and breathed into the receiver for a few minutes?

My suggestion is that if they call again next time politely let them know they have a wrong number. You might even be able to help them figure out where the mistake is- maybe they hit a 7 instead of a 4 or something. Try to be patient. 

When i lived with my parents I had some actual phone harassment after  high school graduation form some people I'd mistakenly told some personal things- people who Id never really gotten along with but who at the tome seemed to be warming to me- this was during high school. Anyway, they ended up making inappropriate phone calls AFTER graduation so we got caller ID and blocked the number.  I occasionally run into one of the guys sometimes but I shrug off what he says even if he calls me a fag.

Not sure, but yeah see if you can block them through the carrier.

Got MagicJack, worst phone service ever. They assigned me a number which was last used by some guy in thousands of dollars in debt, and every day some mofo calls demanding to talk to him. "Sorry sir, -explain explain explain explain-"  "UH HUH LIKELY STORY, PUNK." Sometimes they're courteous enough to remove me from their calling lists but some people SOME PEOPLE argh. I have heard that more than 2 calls a week constitutes harassment, even for debt collection calls soo I think I'll research that and threaten legal action or something.

post his number on 4chan and send him a text 'gl hf kekeke u just got zerg rushed by anon ^_^'

hahaha yeah i got it blocked

terroantula i think i put this in the op but yeah i talked to them initially and explained i don't know who you are this is not someone you know and then after that he started texting me shit.   so he knows full well that it isn't someone he knows or anything like that

man having to get a new phone number sucks.  i've had to do it enough in my life and its a real pain for everyone involved

If it's not your debt ANY amount of calls is harasment. Next when they call get their postal address and send them a letter stating your not the person who owes the money and any further corrispondence should be in writing to the last address they have for the true debter. Don't include your address on the letter though, just in case their like a loan shark or something.

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Asking MagicJack for a new phone number migh be easier though.

Huh, you know it never really occurred to me to use snail mail. Wow. That's a great idea, I'll do that.

man having to get a new phone number sucks.  i've had to do it enough in my life and its a real pain for everyone involved

Haah yeah, that's pretty much with anything contact-wise.

At any rate, I think I'll eventually just scrap MagicJack. I do not recommend it at all. It's finicky, requires your computer to be on all the time, has a terrible interface that pops up all the time and minimizes everything on your screen, has really crappy customer support, and always finds a way to mess up your call somehow. Ugh. And what if an emergency hits? I'm SOL if my computer's not on.

One time I got a call from a number that was, like, one number different than mine

I called it back and a very embarrassed sounding girl on the other end explained she had dialed the wrong number (I am guessing she was dialing her own number to access her voicemail and dialed mine by mistake!), but it was still confusing getting a call from ALMOST my exact number. I did a double take!

When I got my cell a few years ago people kept calling asking for Amy. Like, at least five different voices. I didn't have anyone's number in my phone back then so I kept answering to see if it was someone I knew, but it was always someone asking for Amy. I'd get one or two calls a day sometimes! It was sort of annoying, but eventually I explained to each person who called that this wasn't Amy's number any more, and they all understood and stopped calling.

Also I have received texts from people who were like "come outside" using numbers I had never seen before. It was always just a friend who's number I didn't have/had a different number for in my phone. I am pretty sure nobody is going to text me to say "ARE YOU AT HOME?" if they didn't know me. CALL THE PHONE POLICE