Examples of wrong number in a Sentence
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And there are the old pitfalls of the technology that anyone above a certain age remembers: blurry pages, junk faxes that pile up and faxes getting sent to the wrong number.
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Tamsin Gable, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Steve Grobman, chief technology officer at McAfee, says there is usually much more going on than just an innocent wrong number.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
McAfee’s research shows that 1 in 4 Americans have received these wrong number texts, although email still leads the way in overall online scam attempts, at 47 percent, followed by 24 percent via text, and 24 by social media.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
Other common scams include fake fraud cases from the user’s bank and wrong number scams where people claim to know the person to encourage the victim to donate money.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Mack had listened and given her attacker the wrong number.
—Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
Not all babies with the wrong number of chromosomes are miscarried, though.
—Krissi Danielsson, Parents, 30 July 2024
Ignore texts from strangers who pretend to have the wrong number and want to chat, too.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
Scammers meet their victims on dating apps or even start a friendship after sending what seems to be an accidental wrong number.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2024
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Tamsin Gable, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Steve Grobman, chief technology officer at McAfee, says there is usually much more going on than just an innocent wrong number.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
McAfee’s research shows that 1 in 4 Americans have received these wrong number texts, although email still leads the way in overall online scam attempts, at 47 percent, followed by 24 percent via text, and 24 by social media.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
Other common scams include fake fraud cases from the user’s bank and wrong number scams where people claim to know the person to encourage the victim to donate money.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Mack had listened and given her attacker the wrong number.
—Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
Not all babies with the wrong number of chromosomes are miscarried, though.
—Krissi Danielsson, Parents, 30 July 2024
Ignore texts from strangers who pretend to have the wrong number and want to chat, too.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
Scammers meet their victims on dating apps or even start a friendship after sending what seems to be an accidental wrong number.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2024
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“Wrong number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrong%20number. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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