Had a scammer text me

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[–]Alphix 10 insightful - 6 fun10 insightful - 5 fun11 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

Isn't San Francisco a 3rd world shithole though?

Wait, no it's a first world shithole. For now.

[–]Musky[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's getting there, seems like. I believe the person behind that, if it wasn't simply a bot, is a foreigner who bought a Cali number, or a more likely a whole bank of US numbers in order to trick gullible peoples.

[–]jet199Instigatrix 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

What, don't you want to marry a Nigerian prince?

[–]Musky[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

My sweet Anna Bo-banna is Nigerian?? I assumed it was a fat Indian named Sidhartha, and we were going to finally be HAPPY together. 😭😭😭

[–]jet199Instigatrix 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It could well have been Yabbit

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Hahaa, well at least he finally got a job.

[–]Zapped 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks for posting that. I've been getting those about once a month, lately, but report them as a spammer and delete the text. I wondered what they were after. I sometimes get 5 spam calls a day now, too, but mostly from people wanting to buy my house. I did get one yesterday that was a police scam. I rarely answer unknown numbers these days because of them, but I often look them up later to see if they are the scammers calling or the telemarketers calling.

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I used to get a lot of spam calls too. I like my Pixel phone because it has an auto screening feature. Numbers I don't know have to talk to a robot first. Really cuts down on what I have to deal with.

I don't know if it's still an issue, but Auto-downloading files sent through SMS was a security vulnerability. I assume whatever they sent had a tracker at best, and malware at worst. Besides that, I'm sure they'd love if they could cattish me into sending them money.

[–]Circlesbadnews 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

I always troll these scammer by telling them I'm gay. Backfired on me one time......

[–]Musky[S] 3 insightful - 6 fun3 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

I tried that with u/Adventurous_Ad6212 once, but we're very happy together.

[–]Adventurous_Ad6212 3 insightful - 5 fun3 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

;)

[–]GraviAss We Can 3 insightful - 5 fun3 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Should've asked for nudes to verify if that's a real Anna or not.

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

At best I'd get fake photos, at worst, a malicious file sent to me.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

You technically can’t click shit any more. They get internet access through the browser now. The browser has been extremely effective in compromise phones.

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's always a gamble these days. At least the new Android OS's have some protections now, such as showing you which apps are active, and making permissions more transparent. Probably not foolproof, but better than hoping you're safe. Also have a phone carrier supplied antivirus running, also not sure how effective it is.

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    [–]SMCABwhatever 1 insightful - 4 fun1 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

    Oh so she sits next to you?

    [–]SMCABwhatever 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

    Deleted? What a pussy!