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Original poster

What is this scam?

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SpringtimeSummertime · 07/04/2021 18:09

AIBU to think it's a scam or is it just an innocent coincidence?

I have got an unusual first name and just got a call from a mobile number not in my contacts. (Number appeared on my screen).

Man said 'Hi is that ?' I said yes and he said
'I think I must have the wrong ,
I'm phoning for Johnson, sorry about that!' (not my surname).

AIBU to think this is more than a coincidence?
My mobile, my odd name?
What is he up to?

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Blankspace101 · 07/04/2021 18:27

It’s odd but I can’t figure out what sort of scam they are running if they didn’t ask for more information. It’s odd that they got your number in the first place and know your name.

UmbilicusProfundus · 07/04/2021 18:30

Maybe it was a one night stand from years ago and he still has your number as you were deffo gonna have that second ‘date’.

In any case it doesn’t sound like a very good scan if he didn’t get your credit card details or secure a large bank transfer.

Original poster
SpringtimeSummertime · 07/04/2021 18:31

This is why it's confusing me!
If I had an ordinary name I would think it was just a coincidence!
Why would anyone want to check if was my phone?

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SpringtimeSummertime · 07/04/2021 18:31

& How did they know my name?

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unclubbable · 07/04/2021 18:56

You're in someone's contacts (his gf, partner, whatever) and he has got hold of the contact list, and has suspicions about an affair for example, so was calling to check partner hadn't put a fake name on a lover's number to hide it. So when you said yes i am (unusual name) his question was answered and he moved on to the next contact.

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SpringtimeSummertime · 07/04/2021 19:17

@unclubbable

You're in someone's contacts (his gf, partner, whatever) and he has got hold of the contact list, and has suspicions about an affair for example, so was calling to check partner hadn't put a fake name on a lover's number to hide it. So when you said yes i am (unusual name) his question was answered and he moved on to the next contact.
Interesting!!! :D
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SpringtimeSummertime · 07/04/2021 19:20

@UmbilicusProfundus

Maybe it was a one night stand from years ago and he still has your number as you were deffo gonna have that second ‘date’.

In any case it doesn’t sound like a very good scan if he didn’t get your credit card details or secure a large bank transfer.

Haha! I don't think mobile phones existed last time I had a one night stand! Grin
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ILoveSlipperss · 07/04/2021 19:22

Is anyone else dying to know this unusual name 🤣

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SpringtimeSummertime · 07/04/2021 19:55

@ILoveSlipperss

Is anyone else dying to know this unusual name 🤣
Grin Not massively unusual - Just not popular like your usual Sarah, Jane, Emma type name.
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MatildaMainly · 07/04/2021 20:07

I never confirm who I am to an unknown caller, I answer 'who's calling?'
I like to know who I'm speaking to too.

Notworking123 · 08/04/2021 12:42

Someone who knows 2 people with the same unusual - but not that unusual - name. They didn't say who they were so how can you possibly know they don't have your number stored on their phone? Least mysterious mystery ever!

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SpringtimeSummertime · 08/04/2021 21:47

@Notworking123

Someone who knows 2 people with the same unusual - but not that unusual - name. They didn't say who they were so how can you possibly know they don't have your number stored on their phone? Least mysterious mystery ever!
Why would a complete stranger have my number stored on his phone?
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SpringtimeSummertime · 08/04/2021 21:48

Along with my name?

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FireflyRainbow · 08/04/2021 21:51

That will be an ex or child from a 1 night stand if you are male.

Alternista · 08/04/2021 22:14

I reckon that’s someone trying to find out who their own partner is having an affair with, as has been said already.

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SpringtimeSummertime · 08/04/2021 22:25

@FireflyRainbow

That will be an ex or child from a 1 night stand if you are male.
No exes since mid 1990s. 😅
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SpringtimeSummertime · 08/04/2021 22:27

@Alternista

I reckon that’s someone trying to find out who their own partner is having an affair with, as has been said already.
It would be a woman calling if that were the case surely? A woman trying to find out if I was her DH’s other woman ? I spoke to a man!
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Alternista · 08/04/2021 22:49

Maybe he’s literally ringing everyone in her contacts though, to check they are who she’s saved them as.

You know you’re really Demelza, but he might suspect she’s just saved you as that but really you’re actually Dave 😁

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SpringtimeSummertime · 08/04/2021 22:55

@Alternista

Maybe he’s literally ringing everyone in her contacts though, to check they are who she’s saved them as.

You know you’re really Demelza, but he might suspect she’s just saved you as that but really you’re actually Dave 😁

Ah... get you. Yes, could be!! Smile
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BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 08/04/2021 22:58

That's probably going to take him weeks. I haven't removed any contacts from my phone for years, I couldn't even tell you how many there are on there.

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