Got a new number once and got a call that started off with "Yo, bro. I didn't know you was out". Had to tell them sorry he is probably not out. Try again in 3 to 5 years.

I kept getting emails from a school in one of the Dakotas. I forget which one, it was awhile ago. I emailed the school to let them know I live in Nevada and don't have kids at their school. They ignored me. I emailed again and told them that I have full access to the parents account because of my email and they should probably fix the situation. They actually responded and said there was nothing they could do because it was the parents responsibility to update their info. So, my husband spent an afternoon enrolling that family's 20 other kids. Never got another email again. Another time I got confirmation of a rental car at an airport in France. I was able to use my email to change the password and I had all of this person's info. I reached out, told them and nothing. I got a couple more emails about my reservation and upcoming trip. So, I went in and canceled the reservation. They'd have no idea because the cancelation confirmation came to me.

ugh I had this problem. A dude named Floyd. He's lucky I'm not a stalker: even without TRYING, I knew everything about him: what kind of jobs he worked, which gas station he stopped at for coffee every morning, how much it cost and whether he used his credit card, the fact that he was looking to buy a new pickup truck... Even now, I occasionally get texts for him. My grandma was really confused the last time I called her landline because the caller ID said some guy named Floyd was calling her.

They could have just blocked the numbers. Takes seconds. No drama, no needless conversations. Don't answer, just block.

I just tell them that the person who had the number is in prison now.

So. I thought it would be funny to get a number that starts with 420. Oh my god the amount of spam and junk calls I get is insane. I haven’t been able to take my phone off “personal” settings once so I can’t get calls from anyone except the few people on my let through list. The calls start at 6am and go all day. Big regret. :/

What if the owner of the old number had a stroke or a debilitating injury, or is going through something serious? I wouldn't want the bad karma of messing with their life via their old phone number. Perhaps a little more compassion? The universe just might've brought the two together for a reason.

I had this situation. In mine after a few months the former owner called me and demanded I give everyone calling him his new number. I guess he realized he didn't have everyone's contact info. If he'd asked and not waited months I would have just to be nice. Back then clouds didn't exist to save your info and it was pretty common for contacts to not all transfer. But he waited until after I'd spent months telling people he had a new number and I didn't know it. The calls finally started slowing down. I wasn't going to go through that again for a stranger who started out with "Here's what you need to do....." I told him the only thing I needed to do was nothing. He could update everyone himself. Oddly enough I never got a call for him after this.

Not the same but annoying and a bit worrying. British Airways must have recorded an employees mobile number wrongly. I had a weekend of texts regarding scheduling, staffing etc. Needless to say no number to call and customer services were useless. Eventually found a number for one of the employee's on LinkedIn but what a hassle and waste of my time.

I used to get texts for someone named Dave. They were all from friends and family. Birthday party videos, pictures, death announcements, general "hey how are you" things... I would always reply that they had the wrong number. This went on for over 2 years. I had a contact in my phone called "Dave wrong numbers" and I would add too it as I got the messages. Then one day I got an emergency alert. His daughter still had the wrong number listed in her phone for her emergency contact, and accidently activated it. I was able to speak to her, explain what had been happening and she got him to send a mass text to all his contacts to be sure they all had the right number. And I never got another misdirected message again!

When my parents moved into their current house and got a new phone number, they kept on getting calls from debt collectors. Took a couple years for the calls to stop

Maybe I’m missing something, but if she never confirmed any appointments why would any of them still be valid? Or does not replying equal confirmation?

Or (and I guess this is just a batshit insane idea to some people) just block the offending numbers an emails. FFS, I can't count how many times I've seen people make their lives more difficult by overthinking a problem.

I got a new phone number, which belonged to some dude with collections on his case. Said collectors went NUTS on me. I kept explaining they had the wrong number. Their supervisor got on the phone, and told me to quit covering for him, because **I** was now on the hook for this dude's debts. I called the non emergency number for the local police, because these collectors were just relentless. I don't know WHAT the cop told them, but that supervisor was really snotty when I called him for the last time and told him that the cops advised me to tell him to take my number off the list.

I sometimes get emails for someone who has a similar name to mine because Gmail is screwing up. It’s mainly from her dentist so I just ignore them because they’re not often.

... just ask your provider for a new number. Ain't that hard.

I've had this happen in mail form. Previous home owner refused to update mailing addresses to multiple places. They have knocked asking if we have received the following: -personal letters -multiple insurance checks -(2) large bottles of Maple Syrup -numerous Amazon packages. Mind you these people moved out 3 years ago! What ever doesn't say our name gets given to the mail man. The other issue? I live on the corner in a high traffic area. we're constantly getting mail stolen. I'm pretty sure some kid stole that maple syrup.

I was in agreement with this person, up until they sent a message to the annoying one's boss quitting. To me, that's too far.