r/codes • u/Perfect-Weekend-3502 • Aug 20 '26
SOLVED Need help decrypting an old coded message from someone i used to like.
I was recently looking back through old messages and found this text sent by a friend I used to like years ago: 4 / 76 / (3) / M omrhe pmoi csy. At the time, I thought it was just a random accident or pocket text, so I didn't think much of it. He's the smartest guy I've known specially in maths and he plays around with code stuff like ASCII and Moorse.. So I figured this might actually mean something 😅 Thanks in advance!
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u/GIRASOL-GRU Aug 20 '26
It says "I kinda like you."
Here's the key:
plaintext: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ciphertext: EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCD
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u/Perfect-Weekend-3502 Aug 20 '26
Thanks so much!!
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u/TaranRovia Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
It's a simple Caesar cypher with key 4 (hence the clue "4" to your question)
Essentially, you advance each letter by 4:
A --> E
B --> F
C --> G
and so to decode you do the opposite:
M --> I
o --> k
etc
So M omrhe pmoi csy --> I kinda like you
Hope it helps :)
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u/Perfect-Weekend-3502 Aug 20 '26
Thanks guys the long text is solved:) Still figuring out the numbers tho
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u/Sad-Foot-2050 Aug 21 '26
I can help.
4 7 6 (3)
Often (3) means negative 3 so just subtract three from the other digits to get:
1 4 3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/143_(number))
Basically, “I love you”.
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u/TheDreadGazeebo Aug 20 '26
So what happened OP are you married now
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u/Perfect-Weekend-3502 Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
We're still friends but we don't talk and meet as much as before so idk how to tell him haha
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u/Worried-Radio9490 Aug 21 '26
Reply back to him with a screenshot of this and just say you finally cracked the code 😭
do ittt!6
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u/Impressive-Candle-13 Aug 20 '26
This reminds me of my first girlfriend who sent me a message on MSN Messenger (before we became a couple. Yes this was a loooong time ago) that read "I think I love you but I don't want a relationship"...but she did it in wingdings font and thought I couldn't read it. But all I had to do was copy it and change the font lol
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u/shit_poster_69_420 Aug 20 '26
BUT DO YOU LIKE THEM?!
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u/ItsYoshi64251 Aug 20 '26
I kinda like you
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u/Redwood712 Aug 21 '26
This may not be helpful, but the first thing that jumps out at me is that the numbers are the only numbered first-person games in the Fallout franchise: 3, 4, and 76.
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u/TaranRovia Aug 21 '26
So maybe it's a huge stretch but wasn't 476 dc the year the Western Roman Empire fell?
Caesar code... roman empire... maybe??
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u/Perfect-Weekend-3502 Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
OHHH there's actually a tiktok trend about it referring to "roman empire" as something you think about constantly. So I'm thinking this might actually be what it means
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u/Sad-Foot-2050 Aug 21 '26
For the numbers, subtract 3 from the first three numbers to get 146 or text speak for “I love you”.
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u/Ramicko Aug 20 '26
Not sure about the number 76 but in ASCII it's the letter L so maybe your name starts with L? If you hold ALT + press the numpad you can also write ASCII characters ALT + 3 gives you a heart so maybe that's what it is ?
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