I’ve recently been getting a lot of people calling me on my cell phone who spoof their numbers. In the fall, I had some Christian Video organization prank calling me 3 times a day for weeks. No one answered when I picked up the phone, so there was no way to complain, the only way I found out what was going on was by Googling the number.
My most recent problem has been an auto warranty company informing me multiple times that “this call is my 2nd warning” that I need to renew my warranty. I’m not sure how they can give me more than one second warning, and I’m not sure what car they are referring to as I ride my bike and public transportation. Regardless, I hang up on the automated message, and I Googled the number. Turns out this “company” is actually a scam, and they are spoofing multiple numbers that actually belong to some innocent, ignorant people living in Arizona, Arkansas, and who knows where else! There was a comprehensive list of numbers they were using, and a poster on one of the numbers suggested searching the address on Google Maps, so I did.
This is what I found:

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Someone actually dug huge trenches in their lawn so that flying planes and satellites would see those words. I hope he doesn’t think we’re actually stupid enough to believe those words are NATURAL, some miraculous phenomenon put it there, and have some sort of crazy conversion or soul-seeking session.
We’re far more likely to think he is just a fanatic moron that just wasted a lot of time and energy.
The Antichristian Phenomenon

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January 8th, 2009 at 2:04 am - Edit
I think I agree with db0… someone certainly got too much time on their hands
January 8th, 2009 at 2:41 am - Edit
Oh I see where I made the mistake. My spoofed number was from Arizona, so I didn't look past the A in AR, and assumed they were all from there, since they had the same (or really close to the same) area code in the number. Sorry about that, I'll fix it in the actual article : P
January 8th, 2009 at 3:48 am - Edit
Do you happen to know the name of this <s>quack</s> faith healer?
January 8th, 2009 at 3:49 am - Edit
Do you happen to know the name of this
quackfaith healer?January 8th, 2009 at 5:24 am - Edit
Jeebus! Some have indeed just too much time on their hands…
January 8th, 2009 at 10:10 am - Edit
wow, I feel reborn already…
no wait, that was just my stomach. oh well…
January 8th, 2009 at 12:04 pm - Edit
hey, i hate to be the correcting arsehole but it's my state so i feel i must. this google earth image is wynne, arkansas. here's the great thing that makes me relevant for a minute. i work with a girl from wynne who swears her friend had HIV but she's all better now thanks to a faith-healer. HALE-FREAKING-LUJAH!
December 20th, 2009 at 8:01 am - Edit
Definitely one of your better posts. Can I add your post do my delicious account?
December 31st, 2009 at 2:50 am - Edit
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