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texasr 2803 reads
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1 / 47

Everyone, I tonight have been the victim of something I never thought would happen to me. I found a provider in Austin Texas in Backpage. I texted her, it got late and wasn't going to be able to make it. She then threatened me if I didn't come she would make my life a living hell and bomb my cell phone  with so many blocked calls I would have to change my number.  

I honestly thought she was full of crap but within 5 minutes my cell number started getting bombarded with NON stop blocked calls. It kept coming and coming and wouldn't stop and I couldn't even use my phone. I texted her back and begged her to stop and remove my number from whatever "service" she must have put my cell number on.  

She finally demanded I wire her money and she would make it stop. I had no choice since it was 12 at night and ATT my cell provider was closed. I wired her the money from my bank account and she made it stop.  

I have searched high and low for what this service she was using. All I know is she said she pays $1.99 for this service and it essentially sends so many blocked calls to a phone number it makes it not useable.  Has anyone had something like this happen before? Is there a way to protect yourself from this? Besides using a pre-paid phone of course.  

Please help everyone

BellaRoseKisses See my TER Reviews 1700 reads
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2 / 47

i have never heard about it. But dang people really need to grow up.

Michelobe01 13 Reviews 1421 reads
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3 / 47

well, I say, if you find it, retuern the favor. You could but a prepaid phone for a month, that a\j\has unlimited mins. Set it off, then let it run....

Jacque_Jenesais See my TER Reviews 1311 reads
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5 / 47

the second they threaten you. If she calls again and threatens you the same thing so she can get money... go for it! :D

wait.a.minute 1470 reads
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6 / 47

if I have this straight?You text a provider but did not see her and she threatened you with endless calls.
You send her money from your personal bank account to get her to stop?
I don't understand why you would do this?

How about waiting until the next day when your cell phone store opened and have the number cancelled?
Or just powering the phone off until you could get to a cell phone store.
Something about this story sounds a little off to me.
Is there a way to protect yourself from this?
Yes next time do better research on who you are contacting.

mstonya See my TER Reviews 1333 reads
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7 / 47

Next time do your home work before contacting anyone again. But there is no need to change your number or shut your phone down because of this person. Sounds more like a scam to me.
But to help you out here depending on your phone but there is an app out here called Mr Number, you can block numbers even private and blocked number and report her number as Spam. hope this helps!

perfectstorm 19 Reviews 1457 reads
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8 / 47

Really? You wired money to her? Of course you should have been using a hobby phone to begin with, but since you already blew that, Uhm couldn`t you, uhhh lets see, TURN THE DAMN PHONE OFF for the night and call ATT the next morning and get a new number?  

Do you fall for all the Nigerian eamil scams too? Why dont you just send all your money to CCPA, and he can help you out with this.

TheHoundOfCullin 9 Reviews 1366 reads
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11 / 47

This way it's not your phone ringing constantly. :D
That is pretty stupid. Coming from me.. That's bad!

Back_In_Black 1351 reads
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12 / 47

Your opinion ! He wants to be the victim. This is why these type of girls do this crap . They get away with it. B good PS.

jacksonh2oz 14 Reviews 1372 reads
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13 / 47

If you're doing business with a non-vetted service/provider, I suggest you use a burner phone. There are also apps available that mask your number with an alternate number to keep this from happening in the future.

If you're using a trusted service, no need to worry I suppose.

inicky46 61 Reviews 1370 reads
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14 / 47

Ummmm, let's see....tell her to go fuck herself and shut off his phone?  Let's give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it's a burn phone.  He can go buy another for $20.  If he was contacting a BP girl with his primary phone and then wired her money from an account he's identified with, well, he may be TDTH (Too Dumb To Hobby).  At least now he's learned a lesson.

Panthera12 1170 reads
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15 / 47

I don't know what kind of help you are looking for at this point. The damage has been done.

sajer1 13 Reviews 1268 reads
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16 / 47

You can fix stupid... turn your phone off and change your # in the morning. No pity for you here, anyone who visits a provider from backpage deserves what they get.

Peppermint 1264 reads
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17 / 47
London Rayne See my TER Reviews 1366 reads
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18 / 47

And, you obviously have hers if you "wired" the money from one account to another. Call the cops. Nothing to lose now being you gave her all she needs to blackmail you AGAIN

justanillusion 1342 reads
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19 / 47
anonymousfun 6 Reviews 1322 reads
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20 / 47

I would have told her, if she wanted to play that game go right ahead and turned off my phone. She broke just about 100 Federal Laws.

Contact AT&T and they would take it from there. File a complaint with FCC they will investigate and shut the service down.

Grow some balls dude.

-- Modified on 7/31/2013 12:33:13 AM

sweetnicole1 See my TER Reviews 1113 reads
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21 / 47

shut his phone off put it in the glove box of his car hit his provider the next day but also blackmail is illegal its a criminal offense and one they take seriously.
weigh the issue she did it once thats not her first time it would be easy for the police to trace and it would stop her bad behavior as a victim your name would be kept out of it.
know for fact cause a ho went to jail after blackmailing a client here in mass we still dont know what his name was hes the victim. And you commited no crime you asked about her service you did not partisipate.

nail her ass to the wall change all your banking accounts and info change your phone number and be more careful with well reviewed women from now on.

3mdssa 1514 reads
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23 / 47

I use email at this point only. Got rid of my phone a few months ago. Not necessary imo. Safer for both 'he' and I. The 'voice' can wait til we meet face to face or there is always Skype if all else.

texasr 1501 reads
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24 / 47

I posted this to throw it out there not get bombarded with "you're an idiot, you should have done this, or that" This forum is to share information and help each other not be ass holes.  

To give you all an update, I have called ATT and there is nothing they can even do, crazy as it sounds. I made some mistakes, yes I know that already but I can't change the past. I don't want to change my number since I have had it for over 15 years. Yes I know the easy answer is to change my number but that isn't an option for me at this point.  

Just got done talking to my local police and they as well have never heard of this type of blackmail/scam either. Needless to say this is a scam and someone knows what they are doing and in the spirt of sharing one person experience I put it out there.  

Yes get a hobby phone and this all goes away, I get that.

clarence37 37 Reviews 1095 reads
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25 / 47

There are a number of lessons to be learned here, and I am completely and totally serious, and not trying to bash you, but if you can't admit that you have done a number of very dumb things, then you truly are "TDTH" as nicky suggested.

First, you called an unreviewed provider off of backpage. Why have you bothered to join TER if you are going to do that? I myself call a lot of BP girls, but I guess I'm doing something right, because I've never fallen into the positon where you found yourself, and I don't complain about it when I am TOFTT and have a less than perfect experience.

Second, you failed to simply shut off your phone when it kept ringing.

Third, you wired an unknown girl money. WTF?

Fourth, who told you that this forum existed solely to share information? This forum is for experienced hobbyists. Did you really expect those experienced hobbyists (who would never fall for this lame scam) to say "thanks a lot for the info, bro"? You did dumb things, they are going to point it out to you.

Fifth and last, you came here wanting to have your hand held, but instead everybody pointed out what a dumb thing you did, so you call them assholes. Really? Personally, I think you owe them an apology, not the other way around.

TER has a lot to offer the hobbyist, but you are not going to get the full effect if you fail to use the services, and call people names when you don't get what you want. Just my opinion.

Panthera12 1162 reads
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26 / 47

But without a link to the scam artist, your post is nothing more then a rant and the answers affirmed what you already knew.

Dr Who revived 1377 reads
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27 / 47

Once again your spif will hit your account once dumb fucks money clears mine.

How did he get a wire transfer sent when he claimed his phone provider was closed?  Oh...I'm sure he had his wire transfer account all set up...most people have that ready to go when they're being extorted  LOL

And of course the extortionist was happy to let him wire the funds to some off-shore account :)
Posted By: perfectstorm
Really? You wired money to her? Of course you should have been using a hobby phone to begin with, but since you already blew that, Uhm couldn`t you, uhhh lets see, TURN THE DAMN PHONE OFF for the night and call ATT the next morning and get a new number?  
   
 Do you fall for all the Nigerian eamil scams too? Why dont you just send all your money to CCPA, and he can help you out with this.

inicky46 61 Reviews 1466 reads
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28 / 47

You should shine your light in this dark pit more frequently.

Chauncey Gardner 1257 reads
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29 / 47

My bank makes me jump through tremendous hoops to do a wire transfer.  There's no way I could pull this off in a few minutes in the middle of the night. And my bank would need the recipient's real name, bank routing number etc. and for security purposes they grill me with all kinds of questions before they agree to it. And a wire transfer is not instantaneous--it can take hours or days to go through depending on where the recipient is.
If OP is talking about Western Union he would still neex recipient's real name and where did he find a WU open at that hour?

Chauncey Gardner 1230 reads
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31 / 47

If you wired her money you had to have a real name, a bank routing number etc. and both banks and Western Union would help if this was a real fraud situation.  Your excuse that you've had the phone number for years is also suspect--all your friends would understand if you got a new number and you could make up any reason.  But we're supposed to believe you want to keep a number that a known blackmailer/extortionist now knows she can tap for easy cash. Friendo, that dog won't hunt.

-- Modified on 7/31/2013 7:54:28 AM

EasyTimes 7 Reviews 1367 reads
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ihateuga 1367 reads
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34 / 47

LOL

Posted By: TheHoundOfCullin
This way it's not your phone ringing constantly. :D  
 That is pretty stupid. Coming from me.. That's bad!

perfectstorm 19 Reviews 1197 reads
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35 / 47

See my other reply below (time stamped two minutes before the one above) which sounds eerily similar to yours here! ;)

-- Modified on 7/31/2013 6:33:38 AM

mrfisher 115 Reviews 1373 reads
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perfectstorm 19 Reviews 1185 reads
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37 / 47

You can send some of my spif to Lina so she can get her new Mac. :)

Jacque_Jenesais See my TER Reviews 1066 reads
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38 / 47

We've all done stupid shit. For god's sakes, we're having sex with what multiplies to thousands a year if we counted all the ppl we are passively coming in contact with... but even if that doesn't count, if someone can't count on more than one hand all the dumb-ass things they've done, (that they probably never tell anyone,) then something's wrong.

Anyway, I would get a new phone number before the b**ch does it again. You can always make an excuse... (see link for ideas...)

http://voices.yahoo.com/ten-reasons-change-phone-number-595734.htm

Chauncey Gardner 1423 reads
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London Rayne See my TER Reviews 1193 reads
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40 / 47

I've done it in less than 12 hours. Of course, it was from Capital One to Chase and we were relatives with the same last name, so not sure if that has anything to do with it. I call bs on his post, either way. "Boo hoo, I don't want to change my number." Well, don't idiot, and deal with the psycho hooker you gave your fkin information to.

GaGambler 1238 reads
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41 / 47

I will agree that this story doesn't sound very believable and that Inicky is most likely right, the guy is TDTH, and also TSTTT.

The whole "I wired her money from my bank account" at midnight is just one of the things I call Bullshit on. While it is possible to initiate a wire 24/7 if your bank has issued you a PIN number, the likelihood of a BP scam artist suppying a bank account number to send it to is extremely unlikely, not to mention foolish. If true, he now has all of her personal information to press extortion charges, again I call BULLSHIT. Oh I almost forgot, even though it is possible to initiate a wire at any time of the day or night, the wire itself won't go out until the wire desk of his bank opens, typically 9-10 AM, certainly not at midnight.

Either the OP is a moron, or he thinks we are all morons, or most likely, BOTH!!! TDTH and TSTTT. lol

London Rayne See my TER Reviews 1138 reads
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42 / 47

Then he can carry his dumb ass over to the Newbie Board, if he wants "gentle." Maybe some of us are sick to death of the bullshit stories some of these random trolls bring here! We actually spend our time responding (and, I have been made fun of for taking that time for a bs post) just to find out it's nothing more than commentary. He's either totally full of shit, or totally stupid. Either way, the guy needs a mommy, not a hooker.

-- Modified on 7/31/2013 4:14:44 PM

Dr Who revived 1213 reads
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The wire transfer game has more rules than most hookers.  Even with PINS set up I can tell you that my bank(s) still wouldn't initiate without my approval...assuming the vendor is not already been approved by me.

If it is an approved vendor I can get that wire out in a few hours.  Middle of the night is asinine...it isn't happening.

The OP is full of shit...the troll post was more entertaining than listening to a hooker search for her true love however.

Nolklylu 58 Reviews 1189 reads
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rembrnad0284 12 Reviews 1118 reads
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45 / 47

I am just curious how that conversation went.   'I was calling this escort on the Backpage and she started doing bad things to my phone'?    You sound sincere and legitimate but I guess between not having a hobby phone and reporting this to the police, I think this has been quite the learning experience.  

Be safe

London Rayne See my TER Reviews 1139 reads
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46 / 47

In his case, he was probably that stupid. Most guys would just say, some crazy bitch said she would make up a story to tell my wife if I did not send her money.

rembrnad0284 12 Reviews 1346 reads
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47 / 47

I'm sure you're right... my guess is he has the same hobby life expectancy as a dog that chases cars.

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