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March 25, 2026

  1. david

    Aren't You Rebecca?

    Two screenshots of a back-and-forth SMS from an unknown 236 (British Columbia) area-code number opening 'Are you available to brainstorm together?', then offering two different recipient names ('Evelyn' first, then 'Rebecca') before the conversation closes. — 1 of 2
    Two screenshots of a back-and-forth SMS from an unknown 236 (British Columbia) area-code number opening 'Are you available to brainstorm together?', then offering two different recipient names ('Evelyn' first, then 'Rebecca') before the conversation closes. — 2 of 2

    A hop-seeding back-and-forth notable for two distinct recipient names tried in sequence — "Evelyn" first, then "Rebecca" — and for the second name landing on a person from my life I have specifically suspected of impersonating me.

    A line from an unknown 236 area-code number — British Columbia: "Are you available to brainstorm together?" The opener is a pretextual invitation without a stated recipient. I asked who they were, and the sender returned with "I'm Evelyn, didn't you save my number?" I told them my number had been hacked the year before and we did not know each other.

    The next move is the one worth flagging. The sender shifted: "Aren't you Rebecca? What happened that caused your number to be hacked?" Two distinct recipient names tried in sequence — first Evelyn, then Rebecca, after the first didn't land. The first name was the sender's claimed identity; the second was a recipient name fishing for a match.

    The screenshots capture the rest of the exchange. Rebecca is a name I do recognize in my own life — and one I have, separately, had reasons to suspect of impersonating me. Whether the script's second-attempt name choice was coincidence or signal is the kind of question only the full year of these instances, taken together, will be in a position to answer.

    I tried to flip the script — asked the sender to confirm with a single "yes" if they would be willing to testify, and told them I would not reply further in that channel. The sender responded with sympathy in the form of another question. I left the thread.

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