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Chinese Criminals Made More Than $1 Billion From Those Annoying Texts
Wall Street Journal MSN News ^ | 9/14/2026 | Robert McMillan

Posted on 10/15/2025 3:49:37 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

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1 posted on 10/15/2025 3:49:37 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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2 posted on 10/15/2025 3:51:43 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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China hoes mad.


3 posted on 10/15/2025 3:52:13 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Are you harassing the OP?


4 posted on 10/15/2025 4:08:12 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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Are you harassing the OP?

Yes, you're right, that is unfair. The OP has never harassed anyone. Doink!

5 posted on 10/15/2025 4:12:03 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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Why are you harrassing the OP? Don’t be such a pussy. State your problem.


6 posted on 10/15/2025 4:27:27 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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What happened? Which of your Zeeper funding sources dried up?


7 posted on 10/15/2025 4:42:51 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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Whenever I get one of these phishing texts, I reply with something vulgar not printable here.


8 posted on 10/15/2025 4:45:50 AM PDT by red-dawg
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I delete and report.


9 posted on 10/15/2025 4:47:11 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Why are Americans so gullible?


10 posted on 10/15/2025 5:10:43 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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There are rules against both cross-posting and harassment. Knock it off.


11 posted on 10/15/2025 5:50:00 AM PDT by GingisK
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I think people treat their phones like a lifeline from God. I ignore email and text financial crap like that. These must come in by surface mail on company forms.


12 posted on 10/15/2025 5:53:18 AM PDT by GingisK
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It might be a little more than gullibility. It it also laziness. With all the normal bureaucratic hurdles people have to jump through lately to just get on with their lives, this might seem like just another hassle to get through as quickly as possible before it becomes something larger and more difficult to navigate.
“I will pay this now so I don’t have to worry about a larger fee laden bill down the road” or “I will pay this because there was that one time I could not register my car over a tax I though I paid”

But you are right, people need to think before they blindly pay some scam artist.


13 posted on 10/15/2025 7:36:59 AM PDT by penguinhunter
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14 posted on 10/15/2025 7:49:27 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Heck, Congressmen made even more!


15 posted on 10/15/2025 7:55:32 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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They must have busted the car warranty scams. I would get 50 calls a day.


16 posted on 10/15/2025 9:37:01 AM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
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I got texts claiming to be from NY State for thruway tolls I knew had been paid because I have EZ Pass. I blocked them, reported them as Junk, and deleted them.


17 posted on 10/15/2025 11:59:04 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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Anyone who is stupid enough to respond to those texts gets what they deserve.


18 posted on 10/15/2025 12:00:07 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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"Why are Americans so gullible?"

The ones who vote Democrat definitely are.

19 posted on 10/15/2025 12:00:36 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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Where there is two or more of ccp mainland chinese gathered together there is theft and graft..........

It’s ingrained in their minds, their bodies, culturally, intellectually and by government decree.

To be absolutely frank it only takes one of them....

They believe if you ain’t lying, you ain’t trying!....


20 posted on 10/15/2025 12:05:38 PM PDT by BFW
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