Got sent worrying WhatsApp message

[ThatLilacHedgehog]

I don’t know why I feel weirded out, but today I got a message on WhatsApp from an ex colleague, the message was a 2 minute long blank video where there was just a bunch of noise. Followed by a message that just said “p#*”

I haven’t had a message from this person in nearly 2 years, what should I make of this?

I'd expect that you've been pocket-dialled.

Could it be a pocket shuffle? Not sure as don’t have the WhatsApp.

Sounds like a butt dial... I'd just message saying " hey stranger is all OK? Or a butt dial?" And see what they say back

They've possibly been hacked/spammed. I'd delete it incase it contains a virus.

It’s just a pocket dial 🤷🏼‍♀️

I once sent a friend a perfect recording of a toilet flushing. Fortunately not the lead up to the flush.

I 'sent' a similar WhatsApp to my daughter only this morning...phone was in my jeans back pocket - she instantly messaged back with: 'You've either been kidnapped or butt-dialled me...I'll go with the second option as you're not that valuable to a kidnapper! 🤣' (she's right 😁)

I expect you've been similarly messaged 👌🏻

My thing is, if they picked dialled me how would that be easy being that they haven’t messaged me in 2 years

Was going to join in with the butt dial thing but you're right, you normally have to be in the recent contacts ...

Honestly, I really think you’re overthinking this ..

Easily. I’ve done it. It scrolls though contacts and then you move and it dials whoever was selected off the list.

I almost did this to an archived message the other day from over a year ago. Honestly, it's easily done.

I always end up butt dialling people whose name starts with L! No idea how or why but it’s happened 5-6 times always to a different someone in my contacts list starting with L.

Except once when it dialled my exDP 6 months after we split, which was mortifying and started a whole chain of bullshit!

I have no idea how my phone managed to unlock itself in my pocket, find the number of a man I hadn’t called for 6 months and phone him. But I really wouldn’t read as much into it as I (and he!) did. It’s just a butt dial.

I once butt-messaged a gif of Frenchie from Grease blowing a bubblegum bubble to every single one of my whatapp contacts and groups 🙃

I put screen recorder on today. No idea how as It'd take me five minutes to find how to open it.

Pocket dial ...

Sounds like something my toddler would accidently send to someone when he gets hold of my phone 🤣🤣🤣 maybe ex colleagues child?

😂

two weeks ago I managed to arse dial a friend of my exes that I havent spoken to in 10 years! He is under R in my contacts, so fuck knows how I managed it!

We had a nice chat anyway!

It's very, very easily done. My phone has done all sorts when it's frozen or decided to be slow for no apparent reason, lol.

I had this. Weird pictures and random words/letters.

It was an ex colleagues 6 year old who'd been given their old phone to watch YouTube on! I got a profuse apology after 14 missed videocalls!

My butt managed to buy a pair of toddler shoes on EBay!

As the video was blank I'd assume it was by mistake and what you could see was the inside of the pocket

I was once phoned by an ex-colleague's toddler daughter. There was about ten minutes of nothing and then my ex-colleague expressing an opinion of her daughter's behaviour!

My name begins with A so even though I might not speak to someone for years, people's little kids still manage to call me when playing with their mums phone. Happens a lot more than you would think!

Back in the pre iCloud days where your numbers were stored on your actual phone I once changed phones on the same day I was going out on a first date with a new guy which meant his number was the third one I saved to it.

Nothing ever came of the date - he was awful, actually - but even after I'd deleted his number he was still in there somewhere as keyboard shortcut 3. Which was only one button different to deleting a voicemail. I pocked dialled him about 3 times in the subsequent year. Luke, you were a creep and it definitely didn't mean anything!