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45 Hilariously Chaotic “Wrong Number” Texts (New Pics)
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If you’re a proud owner of a cell phone, chances are you’ve received a mysterious text from an unknown number. Most likely, you sent back a quick message in response, letting them know that they mixed up the digits or just simply ignored it. But some people just can’t resist the opportunity to play along with the anonymous sender, resulting in some of the funniest interactions.
We’ve gathered some of them in this list, courtesy of the r/wrongnumber subreddit. Scroll down to find happy accidents that probably brightened someone’s day, and be sure to share your own similar encounters below!
While you’re at it, don’t forget to check out a conversation with cybersecurity and privacy specialist Jonathan Steele and cybersecurity specialist Sam J. Brown, who kindly agreed to tell us about the malicious intent that sometimes hides behind wrong number texts.
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#1
Sent Picture Of My Kids (Left) To The Wrong Number And Their (Right) Response Was
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#3
Jake's Butthole
#5
Pleasant Conversation I Had With A Total Stranger Today
#6
Love This Wrong Number Reply
Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
Wait a sec, *asking suspiciously* is this the hire-a-killer website that's a front for law enforcement?
#7
Brilliant Team Work
#8
Imagine Being The Parent
#9
Teaching Moment
#10
Not Hannah
#11
Le Sigh, Some People. She Continued To Go Off And Cuss At Me Lol
#12
Tried To Get Everyone A Raise
Boredest Panda 2 years ago
Nah, you’re definitely looking for this guy. Caesar was stabbed to death a LOOOONNNG time ago. Been about 2 days.
#13
Nah You Right
#14
I Don't Know Why They Didn't Reply
#15
Lady Asked For Where To Put The Rocks. I Was Feeling Helpful…
#16
Inconceivable!
#17
Lilian Is A P*ss Monster
#18
My Favorite Wrong Number Experience By Far
#19
It’s Me Mario…
#20
I Feel Like A Bad Person…
#21
Poor Maya!
Lost Penny 2 years ago
Was the recipient the real Maya or was it a completely wrong number & a troll answer...? 🤔
#22
I’ve Decided To Answer All Obvious Spam Texts Something Toe-Nail Related
#23
I Guess Mia Doesn’t Like Riddles
#24
Some Random A*s Person Text Me. Even Tried Calling Me Once
#25
They Sent Me A Pic Of The Cake!
#26
Couldn’t Help But Play Along
Keelie never text back after that..
#27
Guess I Was Bored
#28
It Is Your Duty To Mess With Wrong Number Texts
#29
Squad Goals
#31
Aggressively Canadian
#32
Girlfriend Got A Random Number And It Made My Day
#33
Just About Ended A Marriage
#34
First Wrong Number Experience, And It Was A Karen!
#35
Hope Olivia Is Doing Okay
#36
Bro Thought I Was Someone Else
#38
Just A Little Trolling
#39
Wholesome Interaction
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
@kyra Heiker- WE KNOW! It’s still funny! Why do you feel compelled to share the obvious without context?
#40
My Public Defender Said She Was Sending Me My Court Date Information And I Received This
#41
I Got Broken Up With By A Random Person
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
I’m very curious about the myriad of wrong numbers for spouses and significant others. 🤔
#42
Escalated Quickly
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
@kyra, again, if you could share more than, “another scam,” maybe you wouldn’t get downvoted as much. For example, what ABOUT it being a scam?
#43
Men
#44
I Might Have Gotten Agnes In Trouble
#45
Probably Should’ve Just Told Them It Was The Wrong Number
StarCrossedFriday 2 years ago (edited)
Man, I don’t get opportunities like this nearly enough - I’m almost tempted to try ‘scamming’ people myself, just so I can set up amazing interactions like this from the other end 😅
#46
Um. Kevin? Bro? U Good?
#47
How Could You Don?!
#49
He Really Missed Out
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 years ago
I'd like to learn how to grow my uncle collection. I only have two right now!
#50
I’m More Concerned About The Spelling Than The Threat
#51
This Happened A While Back. I Didn’t Order Anything
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
I got this one a bunch! Lmao I don’t get scam texts/calls often bc my phone is locked down but this one likes to slip through.
#52
He Was A Noble Steed
Cat Palmer 2 years ago
That's just mean - the horse is probably much loved by its worried owner. (Having recently had my own beloved pet cat PTS, I'm feeling a bit sensitive to such things!)
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Kare Deter 2 years ago
I am still waiting patiently for the IRS to drag my husband off to jail for failure to pay back taxes via gift cards I could easily have purchased at my local Walmart.
Claudio Toshio 2 years ago
Yeah, lots of scams. I got one once. I exchanged messages for a WEEK with somebody I believed was a nice person. The first message was like a wrong number message. After a week, it was like (or probably) the person I was talking to was replaced by some greed monster. Things like "if you have 3,000 now, we can make that double in a week".
Connie Hirsch 2 years ago
Some of these scams are literally assembly line productions -- you get passed along from the initial contact, to a fluffer,, to a closer. If you had been talked into 'investing' there's a whole scam website set up to show you how much money you've made -- but you'll never be able to take it out.
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Kare Deter 2 years ago
I am still waiting patiently for the IRS to drag my husband off to jail for failure to pay back taxes via gift cards I could easily have purchased at my local Walmart.
Claudio Toshio 2 years ago
Yeah, lots of scams. I got one once. I exchanged messages for a WEEK with somebody I believed was a nice person. The first message was like a wrong number message. After a week, it was like (or probably) the person I was talking to was replaced by some greed monster. Things like "if you have 3,000 now, we can make that double in a week".
Connie Hirsch 2 years ago
Some of these scams are literally assembly line productions -- you get passed along from the initial contact, to a fluffer,, to a closer. If you had been talked into 'investing' there's a whole scam website set up to show you how much money you've made -- but you'll never be able to take it out.
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