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Already this morning I received two different text messages, calling me by my first name, claiming that I have an undelivered package since April and would I click some web site to verify I am the owner. I'm not stupid enough to click on it. Can't imagine what kind of shit awaits anyone who clicks on it. Anyone else getting this crap. Awake not woke | ||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Political action committees seem to have discovered this tool too. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
They're counting on gullible people out there. There's an endless supply of these folks, P.T. Barnum told me. Q | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Yep a few times, it usually goes into my unknown senders queue, then into blocking, then deleted. | |||
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| Member |
I got two, as well. Delete. | |||
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| Freethinker |
I get a few. None address me by my correct name, though, so I don't know why that is: Do they just assume I'll bite despite that, or because of it—? I recently found how to block numbers with my iPhone, but haven't paid enough attention in the past to know if they use different spoofed origin numbers. ► 6.4/93.6 “It is a habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire.” — Thucydides; quoted by Victor Davis Hanson, The Second World Wars | |||
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| Member |
Just block the number and move on. | |||
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Member |
Step 1: Block the Number Step 2: Delete the message What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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| No good deed goes unpunished  |
I can. I know an elderly gentleman who received a text message claiming to be a utility company. They told him that his bill was past due and he owed $900 immediately. He was instructed to go get gift cards and text the card info, which he did. Next step was another message saying that he owed interest and penalties to the tune of another $900. He bought more gift cards. The third time he was told some equipment needed replacing and that would be $2,500. The bank stopped that because he drove to the bank for money. This gentleman has mild cognitive decline--he can still drive. This is who these scams target. I wish we could set the scammers on fire.  | |||
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| Member |
I got one from some move on twerp asking about Biden. I asked about Biden’s position on spam texts. Still waiting to hear back. | |||
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Truth Seeker |
I got the exact same text late last night. Yes, it is a scam. You can report it to your cellular provider by copying the message and texting it to 7726. Then you can also report it to the FTC. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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Member |
Don't even bother blocking the number, just delete. Most of these messages are from spoofed numbers, so the only thing you are blocking is some innocent third party. The spammer will be spoofing someone else's number the next time. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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| Truth Seeker |
I am getting frustrated by the number of political text messages I am getting from both sides. I never gave any of the permission to text me. If I did not have unlimited text messages, I would be pissed that I was having to pay to receive an unsolicited text. This should be a violation of federal law. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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| Man Once Child Twice |
Just text back STOP. They’ll unsubscribe you. Worked for me today. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
I've blocked at least 5 different numbers from unsolicited political texts just today. They're endless. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Corgis Rock |
Recall I was at the accountant doing our Income tax. My phone rang and an irate stranger yelled at me for calling him. I explained about spoofing. He still yelled. I blocked home. “ The work of destruction is quick, easy and exhilarating; the work of creation is slow, laborious and dull. | |||
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| Truth Seeker |
I may consider doing that. Part of me says then that lets them know they have a “live” number. I also feel like telling either side that it is none of their business who I want to vote for; that is confidential. At least for me as I don’t talk about it, do yard signs, or bumper stickers. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
And then I'll block that number too. I know it's a spammed number, and I don't care because these spammers use these numbers over and over again. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| If you see me running try to keep up  |
The people sending these are not worried about following the law so responding with stop isn't going to help. I have an elderly customer who replied back to stop sending the texts and that it was illegal and they starting taunting him. I just block, delete and get on with my life. | |||
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| Member |
I just got one from April, the adult film actress, who likes long-lasting men; she wants to get to know me. | |||
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