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        <title><![CDATA[Woman with Elon Musk’s old number gets texts meant for him]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A 25-year-old skin care consultant gets several text messages and calls each day meant for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, all because AT&amp;T assigned her the billionaire&#8217;s old phone number.</p><p>Lyndsay Tucker, who works at a Sephora in San Jose, Calif., was unwittingly given Musk&#8217;s old digits as a college student. Suddenly, she began receiving a steady stream of messages and calls from people all over the world trying to reach the tech entrepreneur.</p><p>&#8220;I asked my mom, &#8216;Hey, I keep getting these text messages&#8217; — and I was also now starting to get phone calls — &#8216;for this guy Elon Musk. I don&#8217;t know who this is,&#8217;&#8221; <strong>Tucker told NPR about her ordeal</strong>. &#8220;And my mom&#8217;s jaw just dropped.&#8221;</p><p>Screenshots provided by Tucker to NPR show fielding messages on a wide range of topics, from bionic limbs to questions about job openings at Tesla.</p><p>One ambitious texter decided to text &#8220;Elon&#8221; directly to find out &#8220;how I can purchase that ATV you showed off during the CyberTruck reveal.&#8221;</p><p>Tucker&#8217;s response: &#8220;Sorry buddy this isn&#8217;t Elon Musk&#8217;s number and isn&#8217;t in any way affiliated with him.&#8221;</p><p>Indeed, even high-profile names have popped up on her phone, with former Disney Animation executive John Lasseter reaching out to say the Tesla he bought was a &#8220;magnificent car!!!&#8221;</p><p>When told by NPR that his number had been reassigned and was still receiving messages meant for him, Musk responded &#8220;wow.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;That number is so old!,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m surprised it&#8217;s still out there somewhere.&#8221;</p><p>Tucker said that she doesn&#8217;t plan on getting rid of the number, though her ability to respond to messages for Musk varies by the day.</p><p>&#8220;Sometimes I don&#8217;t respond if I&#8217;m having a rough day. So if you didn&#8217;t get a response, it&#8217;s probably me, not him,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t feel too let down.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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