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A Man Used My Phone Number To Create An Account To Text Minors And Sell Drugs. What Are My Next Steps?

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Hi, I’m really hoping for some advice in this situation. I’ve never experienced something like this.

Someone that I don’t know has used my phone number to sign up for an Instagram account. I kept getting text notifications from his account. I emailed his account and asked him to change the number, not getting a response. Finally, I used the recover password option and logged into his account with the intention to delete it or something.

In his account, I found that he had hundreds of messages trying to sell drugs and propositioning minors for sex.

I went down to the police station and made a report with screenshots. His account has email addresses, the state he lives in, and his name.

I’ve not heard back from the police and it’s been like a month now. As far as I know they’ve done nothing, and I’m still getting messages that he’s still using my number to continue doing this.

Ideally, I’d like to do what I can to protect the young girls he’s targeting.

Location: Massachusetts

He is in South Carolina

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