'Biggest scare of the night': Woman jokingly asks Halloween actor for his number, he dials 999 instead

As a scare actor, he did his job alright. 

TikTok user 00.niu posted a video of her asking a Halloween Horror Night (HHN) 2023 scare actor for his number, "as a joke". What she did not expect, however, was how very quickly the tables were turned on her.

In the 20-second clip published on Tuesday (Oct 24), 00.niu can be seen holding her phone up to the scare actor, suggesting that he key in his number. 

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"Pulled out the number pad to get the scare actor's number as a joke," she wrote in the clip.

But what was meant as joke, nearly went awry, after he decided to pull one over her.

Thinking that he gave her his number, 00.niu let out a scream as she looked at her phone and discovered, to her horror, that the scare actor had dialed '999' instead. 

Immediately cancelling the call, 00.niu and her friend laughed off the bone-chilling prank, with the former calling it the "biggest scare of the night".

00.niu's TikTok video went viral overnight, garnering 121,000 and 10,000 likes at the time of writing.

AsiaOne reached out to 00.niu for comment. 

Netizens found 00.niu's encounter amusing yet genuinely terrifying, with many agreeing that it was "the best scare". 

After all, false calls made to the police could get one in trouble with the law. 

False calls to '999'

Last month, two people were charged in court for their alleged involvement in separate cases of making hoax calls to the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), reported CNA.

About 4,000 of daily calls to the 999 emergency number, were silent calls from mobile phones, according to the Police Operations Command Centre (POCC).

In a statement made at the time, POCC commander Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Lee Su Peng said: "The police take a serious view of persons making silent or false calls to '999'.

Those convicted of making harassing or obscene telephone calls to emergency telephone numbers can be jailed for up to one year, fined up to $5,000 (US$3,645) or both.

Those convicted of communicating false message can be jailed for up to three years, fined up to $10,000, or both.

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ashwini.balan@asiaone.com