Posted on 03/29/2022 10:53:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin
If you get a text message that looks to be from yourself, don't click on it. That's the sage advice of experts and of Verizon, which has received numerous complaints about customers getting spam text messages that seem to come from their own phone numbers.
Verizon's community [customer?] forum includes a thread published on Sunday that details a recent increase in "spoof" texts informing recipients that they've paid their March bill and can get a free gift by clicking a link.
"We can't block ourselves..........what's the solution Verizon?" asked one customer of the wireless giant.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Better tip: don’t click on any headline from CBS. LOL
Getting calls from people “you called me?” My number’s being spoofed.
I talk to myself. I have never gone as far as texting myself.
” I have never gone as far as texting myself.”
I text myself all the time. Quick way to jot down notes or lists.
I often schedule texts to be sent at a future time.
That IS a better tip! I don’t believe anything CBS or any other BS networks have to say.
Same here. I even got one spam call from my own number.
Got one of these just this morning.
I got one. I copied the text of the message and popped it into a text editor and took out the URL then pasted that into a browser. It was a total BS “rewards” scam ostensibly from Verizon. Delete, delete, delete.
I received one of those and promptly blocked me from texting me anything.
(Seriesly...I did get one and deleted it. Weirdest thing.)
I also text myself a lot. Reminders, lists, look up something, etc.
I am epileptic; I often text to myself as reminders of what I need to do in the next few hours...
I am puzzled by the fact that the article does not mention Verizon’s number for forwarding spam: 7726
Perhaps that is not the number for all Verizon customers, though. I have no idea.
Got one last night. Said my March bill had been taken care of with Russian link to click.
For as much money as a cell phone line costs, these companies can sure do something about the spam texts and calls.
I've also been unsubscribing on a LOT of incoming emails.
If I don't recognize a call, I don't answer. If it's someone that interested in speaking to me, they can send a voicemail.
So far this month, I have zero VMs...lol.
Got one on my Verizon iPhone. Replied with STOP and rec’d my own reply back. You would think the tech companies could have a reply with SPAM to block these annoying messages.
My phone doesn’t allow spoofing with the carrier I use, sometimes blocked legitimate calls and texts but only occurred twice so I like the block
I got 1 also with a russian link as well as a english link. Deleted without opening it.
Doesn’t that duplicate the reminder or list? It shows what you sent and what you received.
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