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Please text me . Scam?
Free Republic ^ | June 18, 2021 | Nateman

Posted on 06/18/2021 8:55:47 AM PDT by Nateman

I just got a text message that said 'please text me' .It was from the same area code as my phone with the first 3 numbers the same as mine as well, a tactic often used by scammers. I sent nothing back, but only because I don't know the automatic feedback for a non existent number.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: phishing; scam; verification
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To: Nateman

I have been received suggestive texts from unknown numbers lately. I delete them.


41 posted on 06/18/2021 9:48:36 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Seruzawa
Never send “STOP” to a text either

I learned that the hard way by doing that with email. It may say STOP to you but to them it's a big glaring neon light that says 'valid sucker address!'.

42 posted on 06/18/2021 9:52:44 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong..)
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To: JimRed; ChronicMA
Call a few of your contacts and ask them to call you, as a test

Here's the exact wording you should use when texting your friends:

Dear Friend,

Blessings be upon you!

I is hoping all is well with you there in < name of country > .

I need you to try to test me - just as a text!

Warmest greetings,

Your Friend

That should do the trick!

Regards,

43 posted on 06/18/2021 9:55:09 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Nateman

This is just number spoofing.

Ignore and block. I once got spoofed by my EXACT number.... it’s a technical scam


44 posted on 06/18/2021 9:57:02 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: Nateman

I get texts from the local DemonRATs sometimes wanting money or for me to call the state legislature to push some wacko bill. These are the only one I respond to. It don’t send “STOP”. I send “MAGA”. And then into the spam file it goes.


46 posted on 06/18/2021 9:59:02 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Nateman

Got a weird text from an acquaintance late yesterday afternoon asking how I was doing. Told him I still had a pulse. He then asked for a picture as he said all of his data had been lost from his old phone. Thought that was weird as I had talked to him a few weeks ago so I sent him a picture of the Crypt Keeper. Didn’t hear back from him.


47 posted on 06/18/2021 10:00:31 AM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: Bob434
...and say something like ‘this is the fbi, can I help you?’

Today the "FBI" would probably "help" them improve their scam.

48 posted on 06/18/2021 10:00:50 AM PDT by Mr.FixIt (Ethanol: Growing in four months what the U.S.A. burns in one day)
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To: Nateman

People get scams like this all the time.

Only an idiot would even consider texting back.

Don’t even answer phone calls if you don’t know the number.

If it’s real, they’ll leave a message.


49 posted on 06/18/2021 10:05:03 AM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Nateman

Joe Biden: “Listen, scammer. You leave me and my family alone. Here is a list of all our numbers and bank accounts that are off limits to you.”


50 posted on 06/18/2021 10:05:26 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Nateman

We have voIP phone/internet. All friends and family know to call us on our mobiles and not the house phone. All house phone calls go to voicemail and in the past 4 years there have not been more than a couple of dozen legitimate calls even though the phone rings several times a day.

I used to have fun with the Indian Microsoft scammers and learned some Hindu insults but after a while that boring .


51 posted on 06/18/2021 10:07:37 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Larry Lucido

Lol
That’s good.
Please send me 16 of each.


52 posted on 06/18/2021 10:11:42 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: Rebelbase; All

I just ran a little test. I Googled ‘please text me. Scam?’ . Not one listing from Free Republic , even after digging thru a few pages of results. I went to ‘ GoDuckGo.com and this thread was the top result.


53 posted on 06/18/2021 10:15:39 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong..)
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To: Rebelbase
...All house phone calls go to voicemail .

Even though land lines have been practically taxed to death I've been thinking of getting a landline. This is because there is device you can buy which requires a caller to enter a code to get the phone to ring. The rest go straight to voicemail.

54 posted on 06/18/2021 10:21:07 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong..)
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To: ping jockey

I use one of Tom Mabe’s techniques: “911 what is your emergency?” It they hesitate or attempt to respond, repeat your words with a bit more force. If they still don’t hang up, remind them: “Be advised that crank-calling 911 is a serious crime. Now, what is your emergency? We already have your location.”


55 posted on 06/18/2021 10:28:55 AM PDT by glennaro ("Until it's safe" means "never" (Dennis Prager))
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To: PGalt
Good 4U.

Are you texting?

56 posted on 06/18/2021 11:18:55 AM PDT by ytrebil
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To: Nateman

I get similar stuff...ignore it!


57 posted on 06/18/2021 11:41:20 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Nateman

SACM


58 posted on 06/18/2021 11:44:45 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Nateman

I get them periodically, and just block them. It’s not worth the effort to try to find anything out about them. The government doesn’t care, and won’t do anything about it.


59 posted on 06/18/2021 11:50:59 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: ytrebil

Not then but am now.

😎😂

Haven’t figgered that emoji thing on the desktop. I am not that tech smart.

The kids got me started with text talk. We have a blast.💥


60 posted on 06/18/2021 11:51:15 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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