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Has My Cell Number Been Cloned?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the deductions-from-suspicious-information dept.

2bepissedoff asks: "According to my T-mobile phone bill, I have been receiving incoming calls from a 'NBR unavailable', since February, with talk time ranging from 1 minute to an hour. The strangest thing is, I have never received these calls (my phone doesn't ring and I haven't talked to the caller). I only started noticing them when my phone bill was charged over $40 more than my regular bill. Of course, I have a family plan (2 people only, 2 lines) and I talked to my partner. The answer: he too had not received any of these calls, especially over 300 minutes per month of them. We called up T-mobile twice and claim the possibility of phone cloning. Both representatives hung up on me, thinking I was trying to con them or something. Any advice to what this could be?" I did a little investigation and I've noticed that some of the NBR minutes overlap with calls I actually make. For example:

'2/22 at 3:28 pm "NBR unavailable" 17mins usage.
2/22 at 3:44 pm "-(# I made)---" 3mins usage.

So if you add up the time 3:28pm + 17 mins = 3:45 pm. The time when I made my call was at 3:44 pm. This reoccurs several times. I still do not think this is enough evidence to convince T-mobile of Phone Cloning. So I am thinking of switching either my number or my service provider. "

7 of 561 comments (clear)

  1. It's probably the NSA by Beached · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you seen all the spy movies. They are listening to your calls ;)

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    1. Re:It's probably the NSA by Em+Adespoton · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey... that's pretty efficient government! They listen in on your phone conversations, and you get billed for it!

  2. Re:The question is... by GonzoTech · · Score: 1, Funny
    There's also the distinct possibility that the owner of the second line isn't being straight with you.

    Haha, you don't say? Hmmm... look at the language..

    .. not being straight with you.. haha, you think?

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  3. He's cheating on you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't look for zebras when all you have are horses, or, always look for the simplest answer.

    It sounds like your boyfriend is cheating on you and is telling his new boyfriend to use number blocking (*67). Then when you ask him about it, he denies everything.

  4. Re:Call Waiting by lonesome+phreak · · Score: 3, Funny

    In America, we bill everyone we can for anything. If your phone plan doesn't have something like "free incoming minutes" then yes, both parties are getting billed for the usage.

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  5. Re:My "partner"? by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 3, Funny
    My, what a vivid description. It appears that you have been putting a considerable amount of thought and visualization into this.

    I wonder what that could mean... (not that there's anything really wrong with it).

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  6. Tinfoil hat theory by LoverOfJoy · · Score: 2, Funny

    or C.) The criminal mastermind using his phone is also monitoring his calls and disconnected him when he started talking to the T-mobile rep about what was happening.