Blocked!
By Toni
@toniganzon (72281)
Philippines
August 15, 2022 10:22pm CST
I was getting ready to sleep when my phone suddenly rang. It was past 10 in the evening and unless it's an emergency call from someone I know, I would never answer the call. When I checked my phone the call was from a stranger from my instagram account.
That wasn't even my personal instagram account. That one I made for making reviews of things I bought online, so it was a public account and anybody could follow me there. It doesn't have my personal information nor does it have a photo of me. But this guy from India who was following me there sent a message and even called not only once but too many times. And I didn't expect that he'd call continuously after I have ignored the first call. Solution: block!
Why would you call someone on instagram that you don't even know or haven't even chatted with?
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10 responses
@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
16 Aug 22
Stalker alert. I get this regularly. Like no my dude I dont want to marry you.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
And they're all fake!!! I don't get those creepy calls from my personal account as mine is in private. Always has been since the time instagram was introduced exclusively to apple users only.
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Aug 22
But don't you want to marry me? 
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@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
17 Aug 22
@moffittjc *grabs fly swatter* noooo *light smack*
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
There are a lot of scammers but they don't usually call. They just send a message. Usually men using fake photos and fake names. But this Indian guy was using his own photos. He must be one lonely guy or a pervert.
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@rsa101 (38148)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
@toniganzon That is another possibility. To call you and show himself there must be other intentions besides scamming. But do you have pictures in that account that he saw you?
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
@rsa101 Not a single photo of me like what I said in the discussion.
@carebear29 (31962)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
16 Aug 22
I always block suspicious people like that. I get them all the time
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
On instagram? My personal account is on private mode so I don't even get strange guys in there. And this instagram account of mine, I hardly open at all. I have several instagram accounts in my phone and the one I'm currently using is my crochet account. So when someone follows me on my other public instagram accounts, that I hardly check, I don't notice who's following me there.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
I would have probably entertained a friendly chat, but a call from someone I haven't exchanged a single word with? I remember when there was this American guy following Danie's instagram account. He sent a message and said "you are beautiful." I reconsider with "thank you. My mommy takes care of me well. " I was responding as Danie of course!
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
17 Aug 22
@toniganzon That is the way to go with some people. Even here in myLot it happens that some users send PMs asking our phone number. I always refuse.
@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Aug 22
You can call someone on Instagram? How have I never known this before?
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
Seriously? You never knew about it? It has been available for years. From the time Facebook acquired instagram, whatever updates were done to fb messenger were also applied to instagram.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
18 Aug 22
@moffittjc instagram was the reason why I became interested in photography so I'd never give up on it.
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Aug 22
@toniganzon I’ve given up on social media, so I really have no idea what each app can or can’t do.
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@Deepizzaguy (102513)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Aug 22
I have no idea why someone you and I do not know at all would want to chat with you or myself if we do not give out our personal information on these social media platforms.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
Exactly! He's not a friend. We never exchanged a single word to each other, but why the sudden call?
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@Deepizzaguy (102513)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Aug 22
@toniganzon That is a good question since you are not a celebrity.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
Yep, it doesn't at all. And what's annoying was he called too many times. When I checked, my messages he sent several hi's and several calls as well. Strange Indian guy.
@LindaOHio (177809)
• United States
16 Aug 22
It's a wise decision that you blocked him. I'm sure it was a scam call.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
Scammers on instagram usually don't call right away until they have established a relationship with the person by messaging them first. They would make an account pretending to be someone else. Using other people's photos. They would have pictures together with a kid pretending it's their own kid. Then they'd start chatting wanting to have a friendship. The moment the gullible ones would start to trust them, then they'd start scamming.
This one, is using his own personal account, not a fake one as when I checked his profiles I see photos of him and I can tell when it's really his own photo or not easily from a person pretending.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
Really strange people. I get messages from strangers but this was the first time that somebody called too many times and I have not had a single exchange of word with this person.
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