Netflix to edit ‘Squid Game’ phone numbers out of scenes after owners complain of prank calls, texts

A source familiar with the viral response told Fox News on Wednesday that Netflix has ”decided to edit the scenes with phone numbers in question, which will hopefully put a stop to the unfortunate prank calls that have been happening.”

The number-holder claimed that they’ve had to delete more than 4,000 phone numbers from their device and added: "It's to the point where, due to people reaching out without a sense of day and night due to their curiosity, my phone's battery is drained and turns off."

"Squid Game" is a South Korean survival series currently offered in the streaming giant. 

While the eight-digit phone number in the show is visible without the necessary three prefix digits needed to place the call relative to its area, if the number was dialed locally those digits would be added automatically.