Have you ever been mistaken for someone else?
@rosekiss (30413)
Eugene, Oregon
August 24, 2015 5:37pm CST
It seems like every month, I get a phone call, looking for a certain person, and everrytime they call, I tell them I am not her. They more than likely don't believe me, and I don't know what I can do to prove it. I have had the same cell phone number for 9 years, and I have told them that too. I did ask them to take my number off their list, and they promised they would, but apparently they haven't. Everytime they call, I put their number on my block list, but like some people do, they keep changing their number, so most of the numbers I have blocked are from the same ones wanting her. Just a little while ago, they called again, and said they were starting legal action against her, and I told them again I am not her. I didn't get to say much, as they hung up on me. I hope they finllay get the message that I am not her. Only time will tell.
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@birjudanak (14316)
• India
9 Dec 15
its very irritating while this kind of call come,because sometimes we doing important work or taking food that time come and then they not accept that its wrong person,so sometimes i talk with them like which person he expect so i talk long and their bill rise,after last i said wrong number so after it they never call me.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Dec 15
When someone calls me asking for a certain person, I will then tell them I am not that person. They will say thank you, and hang up, but then in a month or two they call back again. It is just so annoying, as I keep telling them over and over. I finally get rough with them, and I tell them to take my number off their list. Most do, but there are some that haven't, and it is frustrating too. Someday, they will catch on, I hope.
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@hiru84 (942)
• Malaysia
10 Dec 15
@birjudanak
It is a bad experience. sometimes we faced to experience like this.
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@birjudanak (14316)
• India
10 Dec 15
@rosekiss they are very annoying because they ask us who are you even they call us,but they cant say anything and inquiry us that where are you from .so i sad them whats your problem with whom you want to talk?so if i gone mad then i will talk them with bad language so they never call again.
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@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
25 Aug 15
Isn't that the worst, how annoying, they are looking for someone to collect on a debt and your not the person they are looking for and they don't even believe you.
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@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
25 Aug 15
@rosekiss Yes, I hope they stop calling.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Aug 15
@howard96h Yea, me too, as after nine years, I have had enough. I didn't think anything of it at first, but now, it has simply become harrassement.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 Aug 15
That is what I amthinking too, that she owes them money, and they aren't going to give up finding her and trying to get it. I don't think they are going to find her either. I am very careful, as I have told them time and again, that I am not her, and I will keep telling them that, until they believe me. Thank you for your response, and happy mylotting.
@yukimori (10193)
• United States
25 Aug 15
Sounds like a collection agency. Tell them, "You are to immediately cease and desist all phone contact with me. I am not the individual you are looking for."
My understanding is that as soon as you use that phrasing, they have to stop calling you.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Aug 15
Thank you for the info, as I know they will more than likely call me again, in a month or two. I have lost count as to how many calls I have received from them. I think she owes the state of Oregon money, so she gives my number out as a contact number, and skips out. It appeasr that way anyway, as I get call after call from them. Now they are starting legal proceedings on her, but until they can find her, I will continue to get them,but I will heed your adviice for the next time. Thank you for your response, and happy mylotting.
@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Sep 15
It just seemed like they never get the message when I tell them I am not her. I finally blocked the number, so if they try to call me again, they won't get through, unless they change their number, then I will end up blocking that one too.
@sofssu (23660)
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25 Aug 15
Wow that sounds like a huge muddle. Nope not that way.. When I was in college most people though I was another girl who was my senior. I never really saw any similarities except that we were the same color, height and weight perhaps. It drove me crazy to be called by her name all the time. Finally when I met her.. she said 'so you are that girl '.. it made me even more mad then.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Aug 15
I can understand a case of mistaken identity, but, I have never seen this gal, nor do I know where she is at.all I know is that she used my cell phone number as a contact number. Believe it or not, this has been going on for nine years of them looking for her. Talk about persistence. Sounds like yours was a case of mistaken identity as well. Thanks for your response, and happy mylotting.
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@ifa225 (14468)
• Indonesia
25 Aug 15
is there any possibility someone used your number phone for a fake information that she had to filled in doing something? like a form or something
If they start a legal action against you, you can fight them back cause you are in the right side
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Aug 15
I am not sure what happened, but in 2006. the phone calls started. I didn't think much about it then, as I thought it was an honest mistake, but now that it has been nine years, it has become harrrassment pure and simple. I am ready for them if and when they call again though. Thank you for responding, and happy mylotting.
@cherigucchi (15934)
• Philippines
27 Aug 15
Many times a person would approach me thinking I was someone else. It was very annoying sometimes
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 Aug 15
I have never had that happen as of yet. A lot of mistaken identity happens, because one person may look like another. I have heeard that happening before. That is totally understandable when two people look almost alike. Thank you for your response, and happy mylottting.
