[HonestTea]

An hour ago, some guy called my house and claimed we ordered $160 worth of Chinese food at some Chinese restaurant on St. John Street(Port Moody). At first I was like WTF is this? We just ate like an hour before the call, so it doesn't make sense for "us" to call and order $160 of food. It couldn't be downstairs cause we don't rent it out.

So we started talking on the phone and he kept trying to make sure he got the right number, address, postal code and name on the house. They were all correct(kind of weird but I guess you can find it on yellow/white pages).

Then started to give me discounts on the food I DIDN'T order and told me to just keep it for tomorrow or give it away. Then proceeded to say, it's going to be coming outta his pocket if he doesn't get the food out and the chef has been working on this order for the past hour, he'll be pissed if it doesn't leave the kitchen soon.

So he told me he'll give me 50% off the food, just take it and leave it for tomorrow(I told him we already ate dinner) cause it's "$160 worth of food, for like $70 or something" So he get's me on hold for a minute then comes back and tells me the "driver" has already left, so "just give him like $20 or $40 when he arrives and take the food"

At this point, I was like dude I'm not paying you anything for food I don't want or ordered. So after another 2 minutes of talking, he finally agreed and said "When the driver comes, just tell him Kenneth(sp?) saids to bring the food back"

End of phone conversation, waited an hour for this "driver" to come knock on my door so I can send him back to the restaurant. No one came..kind of fishy and sketchy to be honest..

My Uncle said it was a break-and-enter attempt, where the person calls the house to see if anyone's home and/or make sure their aren't that many people, so they can break into the house and take whatever. That's what he thinks and knows of people that have had it happen to him.

Edit: The guy spoke perfect English, pretty sure he was Caucasian. I have Caller ID with his name + number, should I post it up or something?

[murd0c]

do a revserve look up at 411.ca

[CRS]

Why don't you cross check the number.

Post the number and name if things don't check out to help others. The number should match a restaurant's number but if it doesn't, that is extremely fishy.

[HonestTea]

I did use Canada 411 and nothing showed up, I'm going to try yellow/white pages right now.

Edit: Just tried yellow pages and NADA

[El Bastardo]

Why not call the restaurant and confirm the details that the guy gave you? Driver's name, his name, order, etc etc

[gilly]

very fishy. Why don't the guy who called you, call "kenneth" to go back to the restaurant? But instead, he lets "kenneth" come to your house and tells you to tell him to go back to the restaurant. Doesn't make sense at all. Very fishy man.

[welfare]

watch your ass, man

[HonestTea]

LB: I will do it eventually; IE: Monday

gilly: The guy that called me was called "Kenneth", he didn't tell me the drivers name.

[Anjew]

watch your ass, man

agreed, watch out.... dont let anyone inside the house and make sure you tell the cops about this. call the non priority number.

[Culture_Vulture]

Kenneth tells you to deliver a message to the driver, instead of phoning the driver himself. Most restaurants would require the delivery boy to have a cell phone on him during delivery.

Sounds sketched out, I would inform the popo right away.

[HonestTea]

^ I KNOW EH WTF

This is 2009, everyone has a cell phones nowadays.....I was shocked as well when he didn't have the power to call the driver and told me to..

[welfare]

i've heard of this scam. kenneth sends the decoy "delivery boy" to your house with some mistaken order at an unbelievable discounted price. then, while you're at the door arguing about the price, homeboy sneaks through the backdoor and ties up your wife and kids. seen it down in guatemala before. not a happy ending

[HonestTea]

^ wow... err...

btw what's the non emergency police line, that I can report this to?

[pamplemousse]

^ 604-717-3321

[Razor Ramon HG]

What was the #?

[welfare]

yo, dude. i was just playin. it's probably nothing

[InvisibleSoul]

That's some weird ass scheme, however it's supposed to work.

[Eastwood]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it was a legit call.

Maybe Kenneth calls people to claim they ordered food, then when they verify they haven't ordered food, Kenneth "claims" he's giving out ridiculously good prices for food.

I mean $70 is still $70 and that guy should have made some decent coin off you if you decided to buy it.

[Durrann1984]

Thats some freaky stuff

ya report it to police

[Euro7r]

Damn, I wouldn't have spent all that time talking to him. I would have swore at the guy and told him to screw off. Those random phone calls.

[SolidPenguin]

yo, dude. i was just playin. it's probably nothing

I bet this guy called you.

[welfare]

Damn, I wouldn't have spent all that time talking to him. I would have swore at the guy and told him to screw off. Those random phone calls.

bump that noise. i would have been all like "ohhh 70$, eh kenneth? that's a super sweet deal. send him over right away".
*hangs up phone
"honey"
"yes dear?"
"go get my gun"

[Nvasion]

you wouldnt wanna swear at a guy who just said you address and postal code...

[RRxtar]

call the number back and see if something like "wong chong fong chinese food" answers.

if its some dude that says "yo wassup", call the cops.

[StylinRed]

find his address from his number and call him with the exact same story

[AzNightmare]

This is so bizzarre. Could of been an attempt to see if anyone was home for break and entry... lol

One time, this guy kept knocking on my door. I was like WTF? My parents always told me to NEVER open my door for anybody because a) if it's someone in the family, they will have the keys (too bad if you leave your keys at home) or b) if you aren't expecting anyone, then don't expect anyone to just randomly be knocking

So then I was trying to ignore it, thinking it's probably just some donation, advertisement, etc, the guy was so damn persistent. I looked outside the window and saw this minivan. He went back to his car, then 2 minutes later, came back. I was like the hell, who is this guy??

Then another few minutes, my phone rings. So I just pick up. Didn't think anything would be connected. The guy on the other side goes, hello? Hello? Hey, you're home? open the door? I'm thinknig WTF???? and I just hung up. LOL. Got so scared.

From that day on, I never answer my home phone anymore. People that need me know to call my cell or contact me on MSN.

BTW, it turned out to be some guy that mows my lawn that just wanted to talk to my parents about the bill. That was really fked up....

[StylinRed]

^^^^ lol nightmare think ur a little too scared

ive had ppl come by like at 8-10pm and say they're from Oxfam (or that other one..... wth is it called... not red cross..... but they have like an orange logo)

anyway weird ass time huh?

most of my asian friends/relatives though never ever open the door unless they know beforehand someone is coming.. and even then its like so hard to get their family members to open the door

[HonestTea]

Nvasion is right; I would've probably be like fuck off and hang up, but he knew my address/postal code/phone number and the name on the house, so I had to try to reason with him.

RRxtar: I'm going to give it a call in a day or so :)

StylinRed: I tried, it's not registered, so I'm guessing it's a cell phone. Couldn't find an address :(




Would you guys report it to the police and see what's up or just ignore it, until he calls again or tries something else?

[subordinate]

Identity theft? The caller was just confirming the details?

I'd report it.

[welfare]

wtf? why would a restaurant have your postal code?
i'd report it. it may not be anything, but if it is, police have no way of knowing if it's linked to a possible string if you don't. it may not be an isolated incident

[welfare]

if they were indeed calling to see if anybody was home, why wouldn't they just hang up after you answered? why the whole spiel? sounds like it could be some fucked up saw iv type shit goin on. i'd sleep with the ginsu by your side tonight

[AzNightmare]

^^^^ lol nightmare think ur a little too scared



haha, no, normally I wouldn't give a crap. Because you ignore them and they go away. But this guy kept pounding on my door every few minutes like he's a cop or something. Then when I get the call, the shock of him knowing my number, and that he busted me hiding and not opening the door on purpose, made me freaked out. I almost wanted to call he cops.

[Anurag]

it was probably a prank call, where the guy continued to hassle you and you fell for it, its not hard getting a name, postal code, address, number off of mytelus.com or w.e

[welfare]

haha, no, normally I wouldn't give a crap. Because you ignore them and they go away. But this guy kept pounding on my door every few minutes like he's a cop or something. Then when I get the call, the shock of him knowing my number, and that he busted me hiding and not opening the door on purpose, made me freaked out. I almost wanted to call he cops.
yeah but it turned out it was all in your head. god. people are so paralyzed with fear these days. can't trust anyone anymore. i remember a time when we used to leave the door unlocked 24 hours a day. and god forbid, even when we went out! and this was east van. clark park neighborhood

[Durrann1984]

haha, no, normally I wouldn't give a crap. Because you ignore them and they go away. But this guy kept pounding on my door every few minutes like he's a cop or something. Then when I get the call, the shock of him knowing my number, and that he busted me hiding and not opening the door on purpose, made me freaked out. I almost wanted to call he cops.

lol i usually do the same, cuz if im not expecting guest
i dont answer the door

one time i heard the door bell ring so i causally ignore it.. but this dude was persistent..for about couple of minutes he just kept ringing the door bell
i look out the window to see who the guy was and when i saw him it was this 40-50 year old man with flowers..
after leaving my yard he was looking around the neighborhood .and he just walked across the street.. and laid down the flowers on the steps of the house across from me

i was like..weirrrd..

[miss_crayon]

i'd give them a call tomorrow instead of waiting monday. i mean why wait right? especially if someone is out to scam/something you and is aware of all your information

[AzNightmare]

yeah but it turned out it was all in your head. god. people are so paralyzed with fear these days. can't trust anyone anymore. i remember a time when we used to leave the door unlocked 24 hours a day. and god forbid, even when we went out! and this was east van. clark park neighborhood

Exactly, it's not the 1970's anymore. :)

[m4k4v4li]

i would have just told the guy i dare u motherfuckers to come near my house

[welfare]

Exactly, it's not the 1970's anymore. :)

the acts occurred then as well. the only thing that's changed is the mindset of the people
everything has to be prevented these days. it's taken all the fun out of everything

[RRxtar]

the acts occurred then as well. the only thing that's changed is the mindset of the people
everything has to be prevented these days. it's taken all the fun out of everything
sometimes i want to walk down that dark alley late at night just to see what happens. a little adrenalin fun might be a good time. and i mean hey, if something bad is going to happen to you, its going to happen to you whether you lock yourself in your basement, or walk around harlem with an "i hate niggers" sign around your neck. when your time comes, your times up no matter what you do. its ridiculous to be terrified of your own shadow.

[HonestTea]

Lol, what should I say to them when I call?

[welfare]

just tell them exactly what happened. tell them you just thought it was kinda fishy and that you felt you should report it, just in case there had been other occurrences

[HonestTea]

Oh I mean, calling the number that called me and not the police

[CRS]

Tell them that you're looking for tiffany.

He'll say you're calling the wrong number and then you'll know.

[soymilk]

Was it Lougheed Wonton Restaurant? My dad owns the restaurant. I'm pretty sure there's no one called Kenneth that works there. FML

[P]

updates?

[HonestTea]

soymilk: nope

Updates:

Well, my Uncle called them today and this is what happened

Call #1: "Hello, I'd like to order Chinese Food..." They hung up right away, not even "no/yes/fuck off etc"

Call #2: "I'd like to Order Chinese Food.." Hung up instantly again

Call #3: "Stop hanging up Asshole..I want to order Chinese Food.."

FINALLY they respond: "We don't make Chinese food here..." Then they hung up..

He heard about 3-5 guys in the background and we "investigated" a bit and found out the cell phone is registered in Delta, I think..?

I'm going to give the police a call tonight or tomorrow afternoon and report it. It doesn't hurt right? Better to be safe then sorry.

So the number is "604-717-3321" the non-emergency police line right?

[SkinnyPupp]

This is so bizzarre. Could of been an attempt to see if anyone was home for break and entry... lol

One time, this guy kept knocking on my door. I was like WTF? My parents always told me to NEVER open my door for anybody because a) if it's someone in the family, they will have the keys (too bad if you leave your keys at home) or b) if you aren't expecting anyone, then don't expect anyone to just randomly be knocking

So then I was trying to ignore it, thinking it's probably just some donation, advertisement, etc, the guy was so damn persistent. I looked outside the window and saw this minivan. He went back to his car, then 2 minutes later, came back. I was like the hell, who is this guy??

Then another few minutes, my phone rings. So I just pick up. Didn't think anything would be connected. The guy on the other side goes, hello? Hello? Hey, you're home? open the door? I'm thinknig WTF???? and I just hung up. LOL. Got so scared.

From that day on, I never answer my home phone anymore. People that need me know to call my cell or contact me on MSN.

BTW, it turned out to be some guy that mows my lawn that just wanted to talk to my parents about the bill. That was really fked up....
LOL, reminds me of what happened just a while after someone tried to break into my home (and that happened a while after someone broke into my car, my cousin's car as it was parked outside my house, and my neighbour's car across the street, etc)

I was sitting at my desk when I noticed something moving outside. I looked, and there was this dude creeping around the back yard!

So I got up, grabbed a tire iron, and ran at him fully intending to cave his skull in. At that point, after all those robberies and violations, I didn't give a shit.

Amazingly he didn't run away. He just said that he was someone from BC Hydro, checking our meter. He didn't look like a disgusting sketchy thief so I believed him :)

[hotjoint]

call popo

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

call the police and give us an update

[Berzerker]

Post the number of the douchebag that called you.. .a little RS retribution If everyone who reads this thread just calls once and says... I want to order Chinese food... that should be enough to drive him nuts.

Berz out.

[R8]

post the number on RS so we can all order chinese food tonight :)

[silk]

+ 1 of posting the number and report to police

[HonestTea]

I would post the number but like, I'm not totally sure if he has my information saved and what-not...so I don't think it's wise for me to post it =/

[Shun Izaki]

Probably a BnE attempt like you said... they are checking if you have money with you to pay for the $160 worth of "food"

[_Hotsauce_]

I'ma post whorin -->>8