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The phrase "a false number" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a number that is incorrect, misleading, or not genuine.
Example: "The report contained a false number that skewed the overall results."
Alternatives: "an incorrect number" or "a misleading figure".
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When a female user posted on the Confessions of a Uni student page, describing how she gave a false number to a man bothering her in a club, the responses included "I would've knocked her the fuck out!" (four 'likes') and "I'd kick her straight in the cunt for that" (12 'likes'likes
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) reveals that one in five direct marketing calls come from an anonymous or false number, with more than 14,000 complaints made about nuisance calls every month.
Police said a dark coloured Ford Focus with false number plates was used in the raid at 21 45 BST on Sunday.
For the conjectural inhibitors selection from a big database and their subsequent experimental synthesis and verification, first of all, it is necessary to decrease a "false positive" number.
Instead, the service will usually generate a false phone number to send the text message with.
The court found the defendant's use of a false Social Security number "irrelevant," since the number was provided to fulfill "a lender requirement, not a legal requirement".
They'll get a false Social Security number.
Mr. Critchley also said that Mr. Jimenez had used a false Social Security number.
The United States attorney's office also charged him on Friday with using a false Social Security number to obtain an Arizona driver's license.
Before Sept. 11, it was unusual for the government to imprison anyone on a charge of having obtained a false Social Security number.
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