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Police have launched a probe after five takeaways and a taxi were sent to a woman's house.
An Indian, two Chinese meals and a kebab turned up within a few hours one Saturday evening, despite Rebecca Hunt not ordering anything.
She said: “If they were paid for I would have found it funny, all that food would have lasted me a week. But they weren’t.
“Then I had to try to prove to the takeaway men that it wasn’t me ordering food, while trying to get my three-year-old son to go to bed.
“He’s so hyper it was a nightmare.
“It was just a bit frustrating.
“I thought - this is all getting too much.”
The restaurants included The Balti Express in Darnley Road, Strood, Kent Kebab in High Street, Rochester and Chatham Grill, in Bachelor Street, Chatham.
Miss Hunt asked them to show her the prankster’s phone number but they refused citing data protection laws.
One of the receipts showed a number but when Miss Hunt tried to call, the phone was switched off.
When a taxi and another kebab turned up the next day, she decided to contact the police.
The 35-year-old, who lives near Strood Sports Centre, said: “I have no idea who was doing it.
“Someone is pretending to be me and they know my address, it’s making me really anxious.
“I did panic, the police are taking it really seriously and are investigating it as a harassment case.
“You hear stories online and see things on social media.
“They start small like this with takeaways and then it gets much worse.
“I saw something about a girl getting a wreath and private ambulances sent to her door, I don’t want that to be me.
“This is making me scared to leave my house.”
Police confirmed they received a report of suspicious activity taking place at an address in Strood at around 8.10pm on Sunday, April 14.
Spokesman James Walker said: “A woman reported that a number of takeaway meals and taxis had been sent to her address that evening and on the previous day, despite her not ordering them.
“During the phone call it was established the informant was safe and not at risk of harm.
“Safety advice was provided over the phone and initial inquiries to establish the full circumstances are under way.”
