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Spoofed phone, and replies...

Been using Google voice (not religiously due to family not the most tech savvy). This morning, I wake up, and I find a total of 8 messages from starting from 10:30 at night, to 07:59 this AM. There are a total of 3 reply backs, all having personal information attached to them).
Researching the number back shows an area code of 734 (Ann Arbor), which is ironically the prefix I chose since I previously worked there at U of M.
The really interesting part is that I have a bit of a "stalker" at work, whose number I've blacklisted courtesy of Verizon wireless, and have not had any issues in say 1.5 months. 2 nights ago while at work she asked about setting up a google voice account after just purchasing a Samsung S, stating "I don't have any clue how to set this up". Was a bit busy at the time (patient going bad, honestly didn't really care", and opened up the app and told her to browse through it to get an idea.
How can I track this number (really think it's her) and verify it. I have a harassment case pending in HR regarding her, and would like to have it as material to provide it it really is her. Second, how the hell can my phone respond back? I have "Unknown sources" checked as I use Ti backup.
Any help more than appreciated. Thanks in advance!

LOL Holy christ no. One of the "you can take the girl from the trailer...." She's done this before to others at work, with the last moving to Canada (I **** you not) with his wife and 2 daughters. Been getting worse, hence my interaction with my manager and HR.

google voice also can use your email to reply back to texts..is your email compromised? Change your passwords..and do a hard reset..if you are using TI..just wipe and reinstall ROM...
It's hard to say what/if she did something...but yeah, thats weird.
edit: I live in Ann Arbor, but I wasn't the one...haha.

pretend how u have this treasure in nigeria, and ask her to "help" you bring it here.

Christ, I never thought of that, and I do have that option checked.
Sigh... I just did a complete backup 8 days ago, only difference is 2 games, and I can re-download those.
Google voice already uninstalled. After that I'm going to get number changed, and see if I can get it "unlisted" by Verizon.
What else, any other suggestions are more than welcome and appreciated!

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k.electron said:
pretend how u have this treasure in nigeria, and ask her to "help" you bring it here.
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Somali pirates would probably ship her back, and the waters over there are dirty enough. No need to have Green Peace involved.... or maybe so... thoughts to ponder
Any way I can trace that number back to her original phone number?

HyperTension said:
Somali pirates would probably ship her back, and the waters over there are dirty enough. No need to have Green Peace involved.... or maybe so... thoughts to ponder
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actually what i was getting at was scamming her so that she would get the message.
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Any way I can trace that number back to her original phone number?
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do a reverse number lookup and google voice numbers are listed as grandcentral in their service provider. that will tell u at the very least that its a GV number.

Well, after logging into Google voice, somehow her number (which is and has been blocked by Verizon) is listed as a secondary phone, receive text messages on this phone has been checked, PIN not required checked, and never ring. Multiple sign-in is enabled as well.
Just outstanding. Changed email to some bs address. Will verify and forget, as has password to something ridiculous. Any other suggestions?

HyperTension said:
Any other suggestions?
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Document everything that has happened, as thoroughly as possible. Get whatever confirmation you can from Google that shows that your account was somehow compromised.
This chica sounds like she is serious business and doesn't mind playing these games long term. If she compromised your communications you can be sure that it was not just some isolated fun. She most likely mined your account for whatever info she could, and it's possible that she sent things 'on your behalf' that she can later use to accuse you of something.
Change all of your passwords immediately: banking, paypal, email, etc. If she was able to compromise one, it's likely she got into another.
It sounds like worrying about Google Voice or your phone is the least of your concerns: the symptom rather than the disease.
Seriously consider retaining a lawyer for whatever may come of all this insanity.
Maybe it sounds like I'm overreacting but I've seen the havoc that can come from such a situation and from your description, this sounds like it could go all sorts of awful ways.

I dunno... I think you like her.

i think you should talk to the police about this... not XDA... or maybe springer... he always gets the truth out

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...and opened up the app and told her to browse through it to get an idea.
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Is it possible she changed your google voice setup when you handed her your phone?
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If she's that much of a nut case, why did you give her your phone? It doesn't sound like she's dumb at all, if she mined your phone that quick.
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Who gives their phone to a known stalker nutcase?
I suspect there is more to this story.
Was she any good?
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OK wait one second here... a woman is "stalking" you and you are having issues with this?? Are you another woman? You can't be a guy because it is impossible to 1. rape a guy and 2. stalk a guy.
This is so much BS. if you were really bothered by this person why do you talk to her? why do you bother with her? I think you are her stalker, thats more believable.

I have been stalked by a chick. Its creepy. You get stalked when they're fat and scary looking. So it is possible.
Didn't know that they controlled how fast you post on here if your a new user. That is insane. But understandable.
fader01 said:
OK wait one second here... a woman is "stalking" you and you are having issues with this?? Are you another woman? You can't be a guy because it is impossible to 1. rape a guy and 2. stalk a guy.
This is so much BS. if you were really bothered by this person why do you talk to her? why do you bother with her? I think you are her stalker, thats more believable.
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Aside from just simply changing your passwords, change your security questions to the accounts as well.
Document everything and hand it over to HR

There's also an option to change your google voice number, if you dont mind choosing a new one.
Somewhere in the settings on the desktop site.

Interesting response to the whole "omg sms bugz"

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9392#c1350
What proves that you lie? The next:
1) thread was created on June 28 and even was in search results 1 or 2 times for me or even on one tech website, but it is 6 MONTHS AGO, no EFFECT was then and during this period! FOLKS! 6MONTHS you keep your silence waiting? and now are yelling like sheeps?
2) all complaints appeared in OLD THREAD simultaneously on December 31, but you say that it was for a long time;
3) you name your devices every time without any detailes, the name of Device alone says nothing for bug fixing; this is ordered by your owner, TROLLS, to name all Android devices here to demonstrate the scale of your 'problem'; this addresses your claims to usual consumers, buyers, not to developers; you just need an attention of consumers, which buy devices, not developers who should find your INVENTED bug in REINVENTED thread;
4) you post here almost identical useless 3-4 words messages. DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS a developer's forum? detailes? logs? screens? descriptions? or you don't have a good another place from where you could scream?
5) you use the same words in all 3 places where ****storm should been created to make a feeling that these words are so obvious, but they are written down in your file on computer.
6) bugs are usually a result of updating or installing or some intrusions, you don't connect your complaints with any of your actions with Android OS or OS's changes on your devices.
7) nobody here don't try to really find a solution for 'his problem', because you just need a ****STORM, yelling, scandal; it says a lot about true your goals here;
8) those 2 resources from whose you came here are perfect for starting ****storms. theey are big and different to target different users- one is more glamorous and another one is more geeky;
9) you use term 'switch' and competitor's phones. Folks who experience a problem will not start their messages from the words 'I think about breaking my contract' or 'I'm switching'. You talk to customers/ buyers, saying this, NOT DEVELOPERS;
10) the idea for ****storm was found excellent, must agree: SMS is a basic feature as dropped calls during an important call, everyone sends millions of messages every day, half of them are so sexual and zesty that will cause firing and misunderstanding everywhere, even EMBARASSMENT!;
11) old retired idea about Google's privacy concerns is a very good sauce for such stories;
12) a slap into the face of openness- 'Look, Google, what we can do with your openness and your Open Handset Alliance!';
13) exactly before CES 2011;
14) tremendous growth of Android that needs ****storm to be able to compete better and to shine brighter;
15) just to create a proof for the words that you repeat on the internet as zombies about Android.
16) this thread was old,but once established and almost forgotten due to its uselessness, it just needed reinvention on December 31; this fact gave to this thread so bad-needed maturity to show that nothing is fixed from the 1st report; which also help push the theme 'Google doesn't care'.
17) if this bug was existing you wouldn't act as you act now
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I don't agree with everything he says but the bolded are good points. [I don't think the guy speaks English]
Not saying that the issue shouldn't be resolved as fast as possible..
Just kinda funny that, as he points out, if it's such a "serious issue" why was it barely-if ever- talked about until RIGHT before CES?
Also kinda funny that every time this bug happens...the text is of a sensitive nature....
I call BS on that.
As I have said before, Engadget is a lot like "sexy action news" with their "the world is ending" article titles.
This issue, while it does need to be fixed, is not as serious nor is it as excessively occurring as claimed.
If so, then it would have been reported more often in the last six months than ONCE.

mattykinsx said:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9392#c1350
I don't agree with everything he says but the bolded are good points. [I don't think the guy speaks English]
Not saying that the issue shouldn't be resolved as fast as possible..
Just kinda funny that, as he points out, if it's such a "serious issue" why was it barely-if ever- talked about until RIGHT before CES?
Also kinda funny that every time this bug happens...the text is of a sensitive nature....
I call BS on that.
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It's simple: A lot of people don't get to use the AOSP message app - how many stock Android phones are there? But if you go on AOSP ROM threads you'll get see SMS complaints pop up occasional. I guess it's a story because it still hasn't been fixed after all this time plus a HUGE stock phone just dropped - the Nexus S. Reviewers have taken notice.

Award Tour said:
It's simple: A lot of people don't get to use the AOSP message app - how many stock Android phones are there?
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The "claim" by Engadget is that it is an issue in coding of Android and "will occur no matter what SMS program is used" [which is complete and utter bull****]
It DOES need to be fixed but the timing and "end all" nature of Engadget article screams attention whoring.

mattykinsx said:
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The "claim" by Engadget is that it is an issue in coding of Android and "will occur no matter what SMS program is used" [which is complete and utter bull****]
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Maybe I'm looking at the wrong article but where does it say that?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/31/android-still-has-horrible-text-messaging-bugs-thatll-get-you-f/

not sure if this is the same bug but me and my brother who both have had evo's since the launch had a problem with clicking on a conversation, starting to write a text and notice that we were actually sending it to a complete wrong person. It was few months ago, i actually sent few msgs to wrong people before i caught on.

Award Tour said:
Maybe I'm looking at the wrong article but where does it say that?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/31/android-still-has-horrible-text-messaging-bugs-thatll-get-you-f/
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Sorry, it's actually not in that article, although it does kind of insinuate it.
It's been said on here and in other places though.
Android has been plagued with a couple extremely serious bugs in its text messaging subsystem
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That seems to implicate that it is not SMS app specific.
But as I said, others have read this and made the claim.

This has happened to me numerous times on stock, custom sense, and MIUI ROMs. I'll send a text to someone, and both they and a random person that was already in my texting list (someone that I have texted before) will get the text. It has happened on all 3 of my EVOs. Also, sometimes when I click on a thread it takes me to a completely different thread. I have almost sent a text to the wrong person because of this many times.

I think I understand this. It has something to do with the way Android handles the "back" hard/softkey function. It's missremembering which tile is where in the stack. It seems to happen when the "stack" or remembered tiles is too large. Try spamming the back button sometime. Occasionally it will do some interesting things.
Fix may be as simple as a small routine that scrubs whatever cache is responsible for this behavior.
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This happened to me, I thought it was me not paying attention, or that might have really been the case. I almost got caught up it something because if it Now I tend to delete all the other sms's in my inbox while having a sensitive conversation.

Guys, I don't question that this happens.
I know it does because it's happened to me.
Once or twice...
I DO question how it suddenly "happens all the time" and only when its a "sensitive message". I call complete BS on both issues.

phatmanxxl said:
This happened to me, I thought it was me not paying attention, or that might have really been the case. I almost got caught up it something because if it Now I tend to delete all the other sms's in my inbox while having a sensitive conversation.
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Smart man. I do the same thing.
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Happens to me maybe once a week, have never actually sent a text to the wrong person because of it.

The engadget article is the first I've heard of this. I've been with android since the launch of droid 1 and it never happened to me???

rican408 said:
The engadget article is the first I've heard of this. I've been with android since the launch of droid 1 and it never happened to me???
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that you know of.....lol

So is the bug is that it merges your text with other threads and makes you send to wrong person right?
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Success100 said:
that you know of.....lol
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Maybe THIS is how I always get caught lol

Ep3n3wp said:
So is the bug is that it merges your text with other threads and makes you send to wrong person right?
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No, say you open up your message app and click on the thread you have going with John, it will instead open the thread you have with Jane. So if youre not paying attention youll text the wrong person.

scooter185 said:
No, say you open up your message app and click on the thread you have going with John, it will instead open the thread you have with Jane. So if youre not paying attention youll text the wrong person.
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Oh I sees..... I had a sms problem in my hero where i would click my wifes thread, then type, then realize it went to some one else and merged the whole thing together...
The reason it was doing it was... Sms email text alerts from my bank of america.. The @.... Email text
Only fix was factory reset...until the next message came in... I fixed it by turning the bank alerts off...
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Not gonna lie, pretty hilarious things have happened to me because of this bug. I either send lots of awful text messages, or my phone is trying to mess with me.
One time I accidentally sent an old school friend a text meant for my girlfriend that was pretty mushy. Woke up to a text back going.. "..um wut".
The second time was more terrible; some less-than-politically correct stereotypes questions meant for a close friend that ended up sent to a (thankfully trustworthy but still awkward) co-worker. :B
I only noticed after sending the text (and sending it IN THE THREAD for the person it was meant for) and then being redirected back to my list of conversation threads only to find that the completely incorrect contact was now at the top of my list and was in fact the newly chosen recipient for my text message.

Alfred F. Jones said:
One time I accidentally sent an old school friend a text meant for my girlfriend that was pretty mushy. Woke up to a text back going.. "..um wut".
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LOL @sexting.....
Is someone from Microsoft going to have to develop a SMS recall function? We all know how well it works in outlook.

App which shows number in missed call/text message received in lockscreen?

My friend, who came from an iPhone (an iPhone 3G in fact) to the Epic (which I convinced him to) is irked that the Epic does not show the phone number of a missed call or the text message received in the lockscreen. He basically has to unlock the phone in order to see it. That was one feature he liked about the iPhone was the ability to see what number called him from the lockscreen if he missed a call without having to unlock the phone.
I'll be working on his phone this weekend and putting on SRF 1.2 to help improve his battery life, change the locksreen to unlock by swiping sideways, and overall improve his experience on the phone. He is not very technical but at this point he was getting frustrated with the phone and was thinking about selling it, but was willing to give it one more chance by having me tweak his phone for him to improve battery life, reduce the number of FCs, and overall salvage the reputation of the phone.

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My friend, who came from an iPhone (an iPhone 3G in fact) to the Epic (which I convinced him to) is irked that the Epic does not show the phone number of a missed call or the text message received in the lockscreen. He basically has to unlock the phone in order to see it. That was one feature he liked about the iPhone was the ability to see what number called him from the lockscreen if he missed a call without having to unlock the phone.
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Wow, that is just SOOOOOO inconvenient. God damn iPhone users are the whiniest ****ing babies on the planet.

Unfortunately, the iPhone was made for people like him, those that are not tech savvy. But he ended up on Sprint because his AT&T bill was through the roof ($400 in one month in fact for overage of minutes). He's lucky to have me as his best friend (he was my best man at my wedding and godfather to my daughter). He was so mad and frustrated with the phone yesterday he almost threw it on the ground and smashed it. I told him I would help him out (as I do with his computer problems) this weekend. He even thought you could get a jailbroken iPhone to work on Sprint!

Handcent I believe has the feature that shows a pop up of the text. As for missed calls I have no idea but if he is giving up just because of that then he doesn't deserve this.phone. tell him to go back to his crappy iPhone
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would he settle for something like using widget locker to go from the lock screen directly to his call log or sms?

So if he has 5 new texts/missed calls he wants all of those numbers to show on the lockscreen? And if that and the other reasons are why he doesn't "like the phone" he's gonna have a bad experiance with android in general.... he should have gotten the photon.... if I was just now looking for a new phone the photon would be a huge blimp on my radar.....

Doesn't the stock lock screen on TW do this? You just slide up or down for either
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Indeed.. it shows missed and text with counts.
But I think he wants contact info as well.
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Doesn't the stock lock screen on TW do this? You just slide up or down for either
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Grommish said:
Indeed.. it shows missed and text with counts.
But I think he wants contact info as well.
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All you have to do is swipe down for the info?...
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Grommish said:
Indeed.. it shows missed and text with counts.
But I think he wants contact info as well.
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Jesus, just tell him to swipe down.

I think he might be able to use this Missed Call widget on his lock screen if he also gets the Widget Locker app that was referenced earlier in this thread.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gonzo.mc2
Hope it helps. Tell him that you can usually get just about anything to work on Android if you are willing to research it.
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Orbiting234 said:
Wow, that is just SOOOOOO inconvenient. God damn iPhone users are the whiniest ****ing babies on the planet.
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LMAO...x2

You say he has srf 1.2? Install touchwiz and problem solved
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globalninja said:
You say he has srf 1.2? Install touchwiz and problem solved
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No hew doesn't have SRF 1.2 yet. He is still running stock. I will put on SRF 1.2 on his phone once we meet up. He is currently using Touchwiz. His big problem is when you get a missed call for example, it only shows you on the TW lock screen you have 1 missed called (or 2 or 3 or whatever) and that's all it tells you. On an iPhone, he states, it would tell you on the lockscreen that you have a missed call and the contact (or number if the number is not in your contact list on your phone).
Thus on our Epic, he would have to swype down to unlock the phone, which then goes into your phone dialer app, which then you would have to choose call log to see what number you missed. Basically extra steps just to see the number (swype to unlock and go into phone dialer, then click on call log).
Me, I don't care since I have never owned an iPhone, but I guess for someone who owned an iPhone and used that function, I can see why it is a very convenient feature.
Also text messages worked the same way, if you a receive a text while you are away from the phone, and it was locked, it would show you the contact and/or number on the lockscreen as well without having to swype first to see who it was from.

I feel his pain. I missed part of rise of the planet of the apes the other day because I was trying to see who that damn missed text was from and I had to swipe up. Turns out it was my gf sending me a Michael's coupon, ****....
40% off though.

You just won a new Ipad ... adware :(

i was using my TF, and suddenly, i got a message in my task bar... "you just won a new Ipad"...the icon was a star, and when i clicked on it, it just disappeared, and tried to open my browser (i cancelled)
anyone know which app comes with this? i feel violated.
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Go to the market and download airpush detector. This will show you which app has it. Then go and leave a bad review before you delete it to warn others!

thanks so much, it was flikie wallpaper hd =/
it didn't have that before...but i guess from the last update, it does now. too bad, i got my current wallpaper from that app.
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True story. I received one of those "you've won an ipad" ads in an app I was using during the summer. I clicked on it, and like you experienced, I was directed to a browser which asked me to enter my cell number. Instead of doing that, I emailed the company and asked if I could speak with someone about claiming my prize. An hour later and a few email/phone calls later, I was told an iPad was on the way. Two business days later, purolator showed up and delivered me a new iPad 2 I never view those ads as scams anymore ;-)
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Correction... UPS delivered it, not purolator LOL
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EP2008 said:
Correction... UPS delivered it, not purolator LOL
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I call bull****.
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infamousjax said:
I call bull****.
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Oh c'mon, he's Canadian, what do you expect, eh?

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I call bull****.
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How can I prove it to you? You want to facetime? Wan't a copy of the UPS slip (I'm sure I scanned a copy to evernote)? Copies of the email I sent? I'd put up the site where they have my "testimonial" for winning the prize, I don't think they used my full name. PM me and let me know
EDIT: Alright, here's the winners page http://www.guessology.com/web/game/winners I'm "Eric P." , hence my screen name "EP"2008
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EP2008 said:
How can I prove it to you? You want to facetime? Wan't a copy of the UPS slip (I'm sure I scanned a copy to evernote)? Copies of the email I sent? I'd put up the site where they have my "testimonial" for winning the prize, I don't think they used my full name. PM me and let me know
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If you're telling me that an advertisement popped up on your tablet saying "You have won a free iPad", and then you proceeded to somehow attain a number to the "company" behind the advertisement which in turn shipped you a new iPad with completely no strings attached then there is nothing you can say or show me that will convince me that it actually happened.
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If you're telling me that an advertisement popped up on your tablet saying "You have won a free iPad", and then you proceeded to somehow attain a number to the "company" behind the advertisement which in turn shipped you a new iPad with completely no strings attached then there is nothing you can say or show me that will convince me that it actually happened.
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I've got lots of proof, what do you want to see? I put my testimonial and provided a link.
Basically, the ad was at the bottom of the app, it didn't "pop up". It clearly said that I had WON, not "you have a chance to win", so I felt that I could certainly pressure them with a threat to report them and to my surprise, I received an email with a phone number I could call to speak with someone. I was congratulated, I had to fill out the "testimonial" and that was it - the lady gave me a tracking number via email and a few business days later, I was an ipad owner.
I'm still telling this story everywhere I go, because I would have NEVER thought that these ads could be legit. The key was that it said "you won"... most ads don't say that, they say "enter to win" or some other bs. In fact, my father came across a banner ad that said "guaranteed winner", so I called them up and refused to fill out anything online. I did "win", but it was a crappy gift certificate for some travel auction, so that was a bust! LOL
EDIT: I have a screenshot of the ad, as I collected a lot of evidence before contacting the company. The link that I clicked on redirects to a REAL scam site now! LOL
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*makes popcorn*
This should be fun!

You have to be one of the few people that actually won.
Call yourself lucky and dismiss the doubters.
On that note, I wonder what the ratio is of people that buy and iPad vs have one given to them by somebody else? In my personal circle it's about 50/50. (Anybody want to get me a Transfromer Prime )

CAn you send me an iPad if you win another. I never win anything

thebadfrog said:
I never win anything
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If you have good health, enjoy it. I've been housebound for close to two years due to illness and I'd give up these devices in a heartbeat to have my health back.
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EP2008 said:
If you have good health, enjoy it. I've been housebound for close to two years due to illness and I'd give up these devices in a heartbeat to have my health back.
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I don't have good health and am currently suffering from degenerative disc disease which is robbing me of everything. This has nothing to do with whether I win stuff or not.
No disrespect intended and I beg your forgiveness if I have offended you in any way.

thebadfrog said:
I don't have good health and am currently suffering from degenerative disc disease which is robbing me of everything. This has nothing to do with whether I win stuff or not.
No disrespect intended and I beg your forgiveness if I have offended you in any way.
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I never took what you said as disrespect at all. Winning something like this is pretty amazing - it certainly helped take my mind off some of my troubles, and still (after many months of having it), I think it's a fluke that I actually got this ipad.
I say turn off all your ad-blocking software for a week and if you see anything that states that you HAVE WON (it must say that you've won, not that you have a chance of winning), call up the company and ask how you can get your prize You might have to be persistent with some of them as they often expect you to be a "client", but insist that you want your prize without any catches. Make sure you take screen shots of the ad and the page it takes you to as well as noting the URL address.
I was trying to get another company to send me an I pad that I had "won", but they were in germany and threatening to report them for fraud didn't phase them at all...
Good luck!
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[Q] What do callers from blocked numbers hear?

For the first time in years I've had to block someone from calling my cell phone and I'm curious what this person will hear when he calls my number. I know I could easily test this out by blocking my house's number and trying it myself, but for whatever reason I'd prefer not to do that.
Do they get a message from Sprint saying their number is blocked? Do they just get a default "the call cannot be completed" message? Something else entirely?
Note: This is a number blocked in Limits & Permissions on the Sprint website, not through an app or Google Voice or anything like that.

nemt said:
For the first time in years I've had to block someone from calling my cell phone and I'm curious what this person will hear when he calls my number. I know I could easily test this out by blocking my house's number and trying it myself, but for whatever reason I'd prefer not to do that.
Do they get a message from Sprint saying their number is blocked? Do they just get a default "the call cannot be completed" message? Something else entirely?
Note: This is a number blocked in Limits & Permissions on the Sprint website, not through an app or Google Voice or anything like that.
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Personally I don't care what they hear as long as I don't hear from them
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slayer450 said:
Personally I don't care what they hear as long as I don't hear from them
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That's how I felt initially, but after blocking this guy for months and then removing his number from the block list yesterday (figured he would've given up by now and I don't like the idea of having special settings on my account to deal with one jackass) I already have three missed calls from him.
I figure he would've gotten the message but I guess not, hence I'm wondering what he was hearing all the time he clearly tried to call while blocked.

block yourself from a number you can call from and let us know!

Hahaha I have soo many blocked numbers in my sprint account, being 20 and me being gullible to pyramid schemes led to that though lol
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Is there any limit on how many you can block?

virgillette said:
Is there any limit on how many you can block?
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Nope. Block everyone if you'd like

Probably directs to voicemail but the voicemail is auto trashed? Why did this person keep calling in the first place? This is kind of messed up and you should maybe take legal action...
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virgillette said:
Is there any limit on how many you can block?
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kennysvgp08 said:
Nope. Block everyone if you'd like
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Actually, there is a limit of 50 numbers according to the web site. Quote:
You can block inbound and outbound calls for up to 50 phones numbers. Enter each 10 digit phone number below or quickly add numbers you've previously blocked by accessing your archive list (archive list numbers will be saved for 90 days). Archive list - showing the most recent 100 entries.
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Nobody wants to answer it because they'll look like a creep. Haha. You probably get the disconnected message. Like if you don't pay your bill.
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I have been curious about this as well. I recently got a new number, plus this awesome Epic4G. Well, the number must have been recently recylced. I would get 10-15 calls a day for the number's old owner. Some of the people called back after I told them their friend had a new number. It has been a month and I still get 3 or 4 calls a day. So now I block those numbers.

You are not authorized to make calls to this number by the account holder. Message 19.
Source: http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/382139#382139

Tbh, best way to block, gather a couple balls. Answer. Tell that person you no longer want to talk to them, and to leave you alone. Make it clear that if they continue, you'll take legal action against them. I think honesty is better than running away from the problem by "blocking" a number. If you're going to take that route, you may as well change your # altogether.
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You can't have legal action taken against someone for just calling. They have to be threatening or harassing you in some way. You could argue the numerous calls as harassing, but it's a slippery slope. They might just say why don't you block him? lol
Just like private numbers. You cannot get the police to give you the number to someone who is *67 you constantly unless they are threatening you. I don't even think harassing applies because it isn't serious enough of an offense.

Shinydude100 said:
Tbh, best way to block, gather a couple balls. Answer. Tell that person you no longer want to talk to them, and to leave you alone. Make it clear that if they continue, you'll take legal action against them. I think honesty is better than running away from the problem by "blocking" a number. If you're going to take that route, you may as well change your # altogether.
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Crazy people don't care about any of that
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Korey_Nicholson said:
You can't have legal action taken against someone for just calling. They have to be threatening or harassing you in some way. You could argue the numerous calls as harassing, but it's a slippery slope. They might just say why don't you block him? lol
Just like private numbers. You cannot get the police to give you the number to someone who is *67 you constantly unless they are threatening you. I don't even think harassing applies because it isn't serious enough of an offense.
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I meant such as a restraining order.
And if its a crazy person, that's exactly what I meant. But you can't file something just for avoiding. You have to confront.
murso74 said:
Crazy people don't care about any of that
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