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[–][deleted] 220 points221 points  (1 child)

For what it’s worth - this exact sticker is also in multiple stalls at the bar I frequent (bar is in CO; 619 is a San Diego area code). The number is always scratched out and somebody wrote “SCAM” over one of them. A quick dig online doesn’t turn up anything about the number past its origin in San Diego.

Maybe it’s collecting active numbers, training AI, or maybe it’s just a guy having fun… but I wouldn’t dial that number. It’s either data collection or just a general waste of time, but probably nothing overtly sinister. Just a good practice to not dial random numbers.

[–]AilsaN 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Kitboga should tell one of the scammers to call him back at that number.

[–]miltonwadd 142 points143 points  (0 children)

Imagine doing this and forgetting about it then 2 years later you're listening to the radio and suddenly your voice is being sampled in the middle of some pop song.

[–]GhostpilotZ 267 points268 points  (1 child)

A cute idea in the days before voice cloning ai. Now? Hard pass.

[–]fissionchips 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Yeah there’s definitely a market for phone line quality AI voices from random strangers.

[–]EzoffohGUS 132 points133 points  (9 children)

Years ago, one of my professors did something similar: he left notes all over the city asking to hear people's most notable dreams and then animated what they described for an art project he was doing. Maybe this is something similar? Or maybe it's the start of a scam?

[–]joofish 46 points47 points  (3 children)

Were they the one who put up the “have you been having strange dreams” flyers?

[–]EzoffohGUS 21 points22 points  (1 child)

Those could have been the ones he put up. I never read them. I just heard about the project from word of mouth.

[–]kmson7 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If so that would be crazy! I remember reading about that on a mystery subreddit. Could have been this one

[–]grill-tastic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wasn’t there something like that which was marketing for a TV show?

[–]Wolfhart_Kaine 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Wait... Was that in Portland, Oregon?

[–]LaurestineHUN 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its always Portland.

[–]EzoffohGUS 2 points3 points  (1 child)

No, it was in Canada.

[–]squishmallowthot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i know art students here have done similar. my ex from portland state is one of them

[–]grody10 42 points43 points  (0 children)

This is totally collecting voices and phone numbers. It is relatively easy to spoof a phone number, not imagine getting a phone call from a number you trust and hearing a generated voice of that loved one asking for money or something.

[–]spiralout1389 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I miss voice mails. No one really leaves one anymore unless it's like. My doctors office or something all professional. My friends will just text me why they called or try later.

On my very first cell phone I got when I was 16, before smart phones so just a little Kyocera thing that handled making calls and doing texts using the number keypad to do so lol and before everyone had one, but they were starting to get more common. I woke up one morning from a voice mail left at like 2am, and it was this dude who said "Angie please take me back" which sounded like he'd been crying, and then he sang Unbreak My Heart by Toni Braxton in full and then hung up. It was glorious. I did text that number and tell him sorry, but he has the wrong number but I hope Angie takes him back, he has a lovely voice. But he never answered :( bummer. Always wondered if Angie ever got her message or if she ever took him back. Sadly, I lost that message after having it saved for years.

[–]bonafidesalamder 25 points26 points  (0 children)

This is just a repost. original posted 3 years ago.

[–]First-Sheepherder640 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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[–]mh985 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably someone doing some kind of art project.

[–]crybabycancer69 4 points5 points  (0 children)

this is almost 100% for a podcast

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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[–]debmorgandexter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if someone was putting them together to make a podcast or tiktoks of the voicemails

[–]p4rty0f3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well I've found the number ima start giving out when I run into people from my past lmao

[–]LaurestineHUN 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Portland, Oregon?

[–]BeGOTemSON -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Woah, that sounds pretty fun, but I'd hate to continually have to clear all of them