I get wrong numbers on my phone pretty regularly (like one a week or more) and today when my phone rang and it said ‘withheld’ I should have known better than to answer it. But, like a fool, I did (the woman we were subletting from-THANKS FOR CHARGING US AN EXTRA $150/MONTH!-blocks her calls too).
Me: Hello?
Him (stern voice): May I please speak to Cynthia Blahblah?
Me: Sorry, you have the wrong number.
Him: Really?
Me (super sarcastic voice): Nope! I was just kidding, this is Cynthia Blahblah!
Him: I’m an investigator from the Ontario Superior Courts and I need to…
Me: I was kidding I was kidding this isn’t Cynthia!
Then I hung up. Eek. Then my phone rang again, it was withheld again, so I handed it off to Shannon:
This part is written by Shannon:
Him: Could I speak to Cynthia xxxxx please?
Me: Can I tell her who is calling?
Him: This is officer xxxx from the criminal courts division.
Me: What is this about?
Him: She has a court date coming up and I need to make sure that she’s going to be there. If she doesn’t show up, she’s going to jail.
Me, feeling like this is not the time to play games: Oh.. Well… This really is a wrong number. I’m honestly telling you the truth. You have a wrong number.
Him: Look, I just talked to her at that number and I know she’s there. She’s going to be in a lot of trouble.
Me: No, no, that wasn’t her, you have a wrong number.
Him: She told me it was her. I know she’s there.
Me: No, she was just joking with you… You have a wrong number.
Him: I have a lot of trouble believing that. Why would someone do that? This is a serious matter and I need to talk to her.
Me: Honestly, you have a wrong number! I’m not lying to you! She was just joking because she gets constant wrong numbers, and you didn’t believe her when she told you it was a wrong number.
Him: Look, I know she’s there and I know this is her number. I need to talk to her.
Me: I’m not lying to you! You really, really have a wrong number!
Him: Well, I’m going to have to open a criminal investigation into this phone number now.
[click]
Lord. What have I done?
sounds almost like a prank call.
I feel like that last statement was probably an exaggeration. To what extent can there really be a “criminal investigation” into a phone number? It seems like all it would be–if anything–is typing your number into some computer and finding out it’s registered to you.
I agree, Rach, I think the guy was just being a dick. Unless he meant that he will, indeed, look up my number, and then investigate ME to find out if I am friends with this Cynthia criminal.
Honestly, after this, I am pretty sure he looked the number up, dialed it correctly (because the first time he misdialed and the second time he just redialed) and felt like a big man for threatening me.
Eeeek, all the same.
Y’all don’t need anymore hassles!
(Next time tell them she’s dead! :P)
That call sounds very fishy. Since when do government offices have “Number withheld” Id’s. It sounds more like a debt collector .