'He stole from the wrong dude': Guy retaliates against a phone thief by signing him (and his friends) up for every spam site he could find

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Oct 7, 2023 1:00 AM EDT

It's 2023, who still steals phones? Back in the era when every iPhone 3 could be resold on the black market for an up-charge and even the OG flip-phone Razr's were valuable, it was a lucrative business, but now there are so many security measures to protect phone owners, it's a wonder that thieves are still motivated to sneak their hands into their fellow citizens's pockets. Perhaps the value is what we can find on the phones if they're jail broken, but the pincher is that all of these devices are earmarked by security and easily traced. An old school phone thief seemed to forget that detail and watched his quick cash grab turn totally toxic, learning quickly that he stole from the wrong guy. 

Here at Failblog, we love to see the villainous thieves of the world get what they deserve, and in this thief's case, he got a lifetime of spam emails/SMS texts from every scam group out there.

Scroll for the full account where a savage man gets his phone stolen and tracks down the perps who stole from him, retaliating with unmatched vengeance. For more stories of folks that used the system to their advantage, check out this story of a guy who scored a 14x the payout from the insurance company when his boat was damaged in an accident– just because they insisted he follow their rules. 

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    Rectangle - Posted by u/preflex 18 hours ago Thief stole my phone. Now his friends get spam. A few days ago, my phone was stolen. However, since I live very
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    Font - far from my carrier's local store, didn't have a phone to call them from, and my phone is my primary internet at home, it took me a couple days to get in touch with them.
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    Font - In the meantime, the thief removed my SIM from my phone and put it in his own phone, which he was using to sell drugs and stolen property.
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    Plant - I went to my carrier and shut him down. I got the IMEI of my phone blacklisted as well as the one he put my SIM in.
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    Font - Then I logged into my carrier's account and looked at all the outgoing calls he placed. I found 13 different numbers he dialed. Now, all of his friends are signed up for SMS spam from the Republican Party, Democratic Party, and Libertarian party, as well as numerous individual campaigns.
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    Font - Any other suggestions? Do the Scientologists send SMS spam? I think religious stuff might be really annoying. (NOTE: I offered to hand over the logs to my local police department, but they weren't interested.)
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    Font - EDIT: I've been in touch with some of thesej rks, as they've returned some of his calls after I got my new sim in my spare phone. They really are scum.
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    Font - StaffOfDoom. 18 hr. ago Yes, Scientologists will follow them for life! They can change numbers, move, basically anything but de and they'll hunt them down! 2.7k Reply Share preflex OP 17 hr. ago Wow! Where do I sign up?
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    Font - dyne_ghost 17 hr. ago I had a friend do exactly this. Tried to get someone harassed by the scientologists. To this day, nearly 15 years later, he STILL gets callsz texts, emails, spam snailmail, even pamphlets on his door..and he's moved about 8 times. All because he inquired about the best local number for someone to call who was interested.
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    Font - Bob Kickflip 15 hr. ago Wow, that backfired! 238 Reply Share dyne_ghost 15 hr. ago Yeah, big way. He's a former friend cuz he actually bought into it and tried to force my wife and I to join too. They're really, really good at what they do.
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    Font - MrPuzzleMan - 12 hr. ago That being said, look up shit on Library computers or borrow the phone of someone you hate. That way they get that s Oh! Chaotic neutral idea! Does your local jehovas witness hall have public computers? Maybe the local Mega church?
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    Mammal - MrPuzzleMan 12 hr. ago I was going to mention the Mormons too, but the most fun is in the simple things.
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    Font - preflex OP 17 hr. ago If you even inquire about them they will start sending you messages, emails, etc. That's the plan!
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    Smile - NorCalAthlete 16 hr. ago Do it from a burner phone, and do it outside your house so they can't dig into tower pings to triangulate your signal and extrapolate a rough address.
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    Font - have2gopee 16 hr. ago You need to get to the Mormons, they'll follow them into the afterlife! Reply Share 29 gadget850 15 hr. ago Can confirm. I use familysearch.org which is free. It was created by the Mormons so they can baptize d ad people.
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    Font - Bubbly-Kitty-2425 - 15 hr. ago So does the men's hair club! I got mad at my bf like 12 years ago and signed him up and to this day he still gets cr p from them
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    Font - originalmango · 15 hr. ago My kids thought it was funny to sign me up as Mr. (first name) Balding. I received mailers every week or so for years. ↑ 20 Reply Share subsetsum 15 hr. ago I mean.... It is funny!
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    Font - Busy_Weekend5169 12 hr. ago Like my univ. Alumni follows me even after I got married, changed my name and moved cities.
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    Organism - LiveandLoveLlamas 17 hr. ago A Place For Mom. They do not let up Reply Share 247 preflex OP 17 hr. ago Thanks!
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