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From: Eric Pozharski <apple.universe@posteo.net>
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Subject: Re: PIzza - odd.
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:01:00 +0000
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with <875xus314s.fsf@yaxenu.org> Julieta Shem wrote:
> Joerg Walther <joerg.walther@magenta.de> writes:
>> Sylvia Else wrote:

>>>I received an email, apparently genuine, from Pizza Hut confirming my
>>>order of a pizza.
*SKIP* [  7 lines   3 levels deep]
>> I get this all the time, it's just a typo of somebody who does not
>> know his mail address: I get invited to weddings, birthdays and
*SKIP* [ 22 lines   2 levels deep]
> I used to work at a place and my desk phone number would end with
> 7000.  There was a period that about twice a month or maybe once a
> week, the same guy would call and ask me the banana price.  Lol.
> Surely he was dialing the wrong number, but very often.  Weird.

For about a decade, about once per 18..24 month, I was getting
misterious phone calls -- always different very, very, very friendly
people (young female voice: "Hello, Dude", me: "something went wrong",
YFV: "This isn't Dude", me: "No, I'm not").  Then weirdest shit had
happened.

My phone account gets updated for laughable amount (equivalent to 4..5
rides on public transport).  In 2h I've got a phone call from exactly my
number except it was different operator (locally, operators get pools of
numbers in blocks of 10mil numbers).  Mature male voice: "There was a
mistake;  Nephew of mine tried to update my account and entered wrong
number, yours;  I need my monies back", me: "I cannot neither confirm
nor deny" (I really speak like this), MMV: "How so?", me: "I don't check
my account all the time, I update it monthly, and that's it", MMV: "But
monies!", me: "What you want from me? I have to get into my profile,
check balance, figure out how much I have to move.  Is it really worth
trouble?", MMV: "Whatever".  And, misteriously, this accident has
lifted curse -- no more misterious calls.

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