Crazy stalker. I have no idea who it is. Reported it to the police multiple times but nothing came out of it.
You probably already know this, but just in case, there are options in phone settings to ignore unknown numbers.
According to Crime Junkies Podcast, persistent stalking usually lead to violence or worse. Not to scare you but just expressing the gravity of the situation, as you already know. If police aren’t doing their job after multiple police reports, take it to your local news media and blast the police on their social media. This is force them to investigate, even if they’re pissed at you.
Plagiarizing and review-purchasing garbage podcast
what?!
Yeaaah they bought reviews to get popular and straight-up plagiarized a bunch of stuff from other podcasts and stories. There’s a podcast called “Let’s Taco ‘bout True Crime” with an episode called “Let’s taco ‘bout the crime junkie plagiarism scandal” that goes into it. Or just search “Crime Junkie Plagiarism” to find some great articles and threads. Maybe they cite sources instead of verbatim copying others’ work now, but I can’t stand to listen.
oh oh. I thought you were saying the comment was plagerizing true crime and I was like the stalking leading to violence thing has been around and is basically common knowledge. So that was my misunderstanding. it was all about the podcast and not about the comment or commentator.
Ooooo no worries!
The source may be bad, but their point is still true.
Bro cops never do shit in cases like these. Get a gun and be careful out there.
Caller: “I have a psycho stalker who keeps messaging me and I’m worried they’re going to do something violent to me”
Cops: “Call us after they harm you”
Caller: “I work for Blue Cross Blue Shield and a caller just said Deny Defend Depose”
“You’re a terrorist, you’re a terrorist, everyone is a terrorist!”
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That’s crazy. I bet you can send a link that if clicked will expose more of their info?
This is not mildly infuriating, super infuriating. I am sorry that nothing came of the Reports.
I would agree. The best thing to do is as others have said. Disable read receipts and let them continue to get new numbers and wonder if they’re even getting through, document each one and the messages received but don’t respond. Keep the reports to police up to date with latest info. Even if they do nothing, it’s good to have a paper trail.
Why not change your number?
And have them follow to new number after number because they are one of the 100s of people who have OP’s number legitimately? Why disrupt your whole life for this asshole. Better to get them caught and be done with it.
If that’s the case I assume OP knows who they are in reality or can figure it out pretty easily. From there either legal action or a beating can be administered, as appropriate.
Knowing how useless the cops are when it comes to doing anything that involves them having to voluntarily fill out paperwork, I imagine the legal avenue won’t do much until after OP has been assaulted. Violence is bad, but it’s hard to argue against results…
How would they keep getting the new number though lol
How would OP stop them getting the new number if OP doesn’t know who they are?
It could be any of the many people who has her current number and would likely be given it again freely when the number was changed.
You may be able to reverse search the number and find out the provider then reach out to them and report him, hopefully that will hinder him from getting burner numbers easily.
Trivial for law enforcement, almost impossible for regular people
Depends if you’re in a country where ID has to be shown and registered in a database when activating a SIM card.
It is likely a voip that is being used.
for some reason telecoms worldwide are allowing voip companies to spoof almost any number - you can ID them but require cooperation of too many companies for a single individual without a court warrant
IMO he is spoofing numbers so he can set anything as a call ID anyway.
I was called by spoofers for a few weeks (same exact time every day but with a different number). My (European) provider said they can’t do anything about it.
Truthfully nobody is safe on our current phone system.
Even though this is not probably what is happening to OP and I don’t want to overly worry them but checkout this video by Veritasium :
https://youtu.be/wVyu7NB7W6Y?si=HG6zC6YnXsjqt89-
Maybe OP should change completely of phone number.
Consider Turning off read receipts so they will not know you saw the message. Control the data flow.
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/turn-read-receipts-on-or-off-iph5e713a045/ios
(I’m assuming they know you block them by the “read” in the chat program, if you reply to them, that’s different, and consider stopping that. Don’t give them any attention)
Definitely not mild, this is seriously infuriating
Omg that’s fucking scary. Sleep with a knife under your pillow wtf. Police are useless sometimes. Sorry this is happening.
After I filed my first police report. I’m afraid they’re useless on purpose. Hid the police station name to not dox myself.How long have they been messaging you? Are there other cases where they’ve indicated knowledge of “real life” events?
To me it seems more likely they’ve compromised your email or texts than that they got lucky and observed you going to the police station. If you mentioned in a digital communication to anyone that you were going to file a report, and the stalker compromised something digitally, then they would know.
For the stalker to actually observe you going to the police they would have to be pretty dedicated to watching your home, which is both risky (that they could be seen) and labor intensive.
If you drove there, it’s conceivable that they put a tracker on your vehicle.
Probably doesn’t need saying but I think it’s extremely unlikely they have sway over the police or made a report disappear. It’s easy enough for nothing to happen in the normal course of business.
Lastly, do you live with someone or have a close relationship with someone that you don’t get along with? If you’re experiencing “real life” interactions with this stalker seems more likely it’s someone you know rather than a complete stranger.
Vehicle trackers are cheap and common enough. OP should definitely check for that.
Why are you Ok with this? I would walk into the police station and say you want this to end. It is surprisingly easy to get a restraining order.
Restraining order against whom? An unknown person using throwaway phone numbers?
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That’s sadly not uncommon.
No. :( I’m pretty sure this is some wealthy man and here he was referencing bribes and favours. For example the gifts he mentioned in the first screenshot I posted were an iPhone 16 Pro Max, Macbook Pro, Airpods Max & Pro gen2. So he obviously has money.
I wonder if any of the devices (assuming you still have them) might be a route to identifying where and when they were purchased.
The phone’s IMEI number for example, is unique to that specific device - so in theory there ought to be a way to find out exactly who sold it, where, when and ideally to whom.
Not that this is something for you to do yourself, but it could be a line of enquiry for police or (as I suggested in a previous comment) a lawyer.
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have you shown this to real life friends and family? people need to know to keep an eye on you and if you know who this person is, them as well. – oh also if its a local station and you talked to a person come back and show the response. likely they are full of shit and I will tell you that there are actually plenty of cops who want to protect and serve despite internet overall feelings on cops. I was stopping by once a week with videos of the gangbangers in a bad neighborhood and you could see the cops were not happy this shit was happening. Eventually the gangbangers learned that if they could see my house it could see them and they did not hang out in visual distance of it.
This is beyond mildly infuriating. I’ve been stalked and it was a bit traumatic, even though I don’t fit the profile of an easy target. I wish you had some clue who they are or some way to fight back.
And this is why I enjoy being an average-looking nobody. So creepy!
You should send the cops ever-increasing stalker messages. See what their reaction is. /s
This is not a service I personally use, but I’ve thought about it: services like mysudo let you select and create new phone numbers. https://anonyome.com/individuals/mysudo-plans/
In your situation I might research and select a service like this. Then create a few disposable numbers. Give one to your trusted friends and family, another to employers and banks, etc, and the third to anyone else you need to contact.
Once you’ve transitioned everything important to the new numbers, get yourself a new phone number, and don’t give it to anyone. Maybe just your parents, for emergencies.
This has 2 downsides and 2 big advantages I can see.
Cons:
1, it cost you monthly. I think 3 numbers from mysudo is like $5 a month
2, it’s a pain to transition folks to your new number.
Pros:
1, if your stalker finds one of your new numbers, it’s easier to change them.
2, you can narrow down who it might be. Like, if you have a number dedicated to work contacts and the stalker starts texting it, you know they either are a coworker or got it from a coworker.
I think Google voice can also give you some free numbers, so look into that. Good luck!
ask to meet them “to clarify this situation” or something, have somebody there to kick their ass
Or have several somebodies and throw a surprise party at a parking lot to scare him away. I’m not sure if I’d work but it’d be a perfect opportunity to choreograph that scene from West Side Story. ☺
That’s shit. I never give people my real number for this reason - google voice. I can easily change it if I have problems.
