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I got quite the interesting text message. How do I respond? (1 Viewer)

jobarules said:
From a 262 area code

"Selena, do you still have the photos you took during our trip to Thailand?"
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I mean, it could be a wrong number, but who texts a wrong number?

I sometimes get messages like that on WhatsApp. The first time it happened, I was kind of curious what the scam was so I played dumb: "I'm not Marvin, and this is not his number." There were a couple back-and-forths with unconvincing explanations about how the mixup might have happened and how they got my number, and then they said something like, "Well maybe you and I could be friends" at which point I blocked them.

So my best guess is that they're hoping one of the people they spam is lonely and willing to engage, at which point they run some kind of con on them.

 
Definitely a scam

"she" has volunteered "her" name was Vanessa. Said I sounded very nice. And asked me where I'm from. 

 
If you Google "wrong number text scam" there are a million links like this one:

What the Tech? Better Business Bureau Warns of a Texting Scam

A new texting scam is going around using the same photo of a young woman claiming she sent a text to the wrong number.

The Better Business Bureau is warning people about the scam that is a combination of “catfishing” and “smishing” scams.

The text includes a photo of a young woman with a freckled face and pierced nose asking “if you miss me yet?” or “you forgot to text me after leaving the bar”. Texts such as this, which come from a working phone number, often work because it is perfectly feasible that someone is sending a text to the wrong number.

Generally, if you do not respond, the text messages will stop.

It is tempting to reply “you have the wrong number”, but if you do, the scammer is likely to engage in a pleasant conversation, apologizing for the wrong number and then asking for personal information. Similar texting scams use the “wrong number” tactic to say they’re sorry but you “seem like a nice person” and want to chat.

[...]

In the latest texting “wrong number” scam, the scammer might dig for personal information such as name and city or address. They could also carry on the conversation for a while until the victim believes there is some sort of relationship at which time the scammer asks to exchange photos.

Texting scams are especially dangerous for teenagers and millennials who are most often victimized by scams carried out over text messages and by “catfish” scams where they are led to believe they’re chatting with a real person with romantic interests.

If you receive a scam text in which the person texting claims to have reached a wrong number it is best not to respond and delete the message. You can also block the number but unless it’s a number that continues to send texts or phone calls, blocking may not have much of an effect as scammers typically use different numbers until they reach someone who replies.

You can forward the text to 7226 (Scam) and report it to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.
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I got a frightening tweet from Ice-T

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ICE T

@FINALLEVEL

I was robbed at a gas station in NJ last night. After my hands stopped trembling..

I managed to call the cops and they were quick to respond and calmed me down.....

My money is gone..

the police asked me if I knew who did it..

I said yes..

it was pump number 9 …

 
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