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Are scam texts out of control?

Posted on 2/18/23 at 11:50 am
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
15369 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 11:50 am
I’ve been usually getting one a night but last night I got 3. It shows up as a text from something like cs-support.billingissueamazn-information002-ll700-8125.8@luntawebappclogn.eu.
They usually say
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Your A?m?az?on Acc?o?unt o?n ho?l?d d?u?e to a bi??l?lin?g is?su?e. U?n?f??o??r??t?u?n?a??t?e?l?y?, W??e? h?a??d? t??o? d?i?s??a?b?l?e? y??o?u?r? A??m????a???z??o??n?? a?c?c??o?u?n?t?. Re??c???o???v??e??r??y?? y???o???u??r?? a??c??c???o??u???n??t?? i???m??m??e??d???i??a???t??e??l??y?? c???l??i???c??k?? l??i???n??k?? b???e??l????l??o??w??: (shady link) P?l?e???a?s?e? t?a??k?e? a?c?t?i??o?n? o?n? y?o??u?r? a?c??c?o??u?n?t? w?i?t???h???i?n? 4??8? h??o?u?r?s? t??o? a?v??o??i?d? p??e?r?m??a?n??e?n?t? s?u??s?p?e??n?s?i??o?n?. Regards, Ama?z?on Ser?v?ice
I’m sick of playing whackamole blocking these things.

ETA: I don’t know why the frick it did that but I’ll keep it. It was supposed to be broken English message about how my Amazon has a “billing issue” and I need to click a shady link to fix it.
This post was edited on 2/18/23 at 11:53 am
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
8336 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 11:56 am to
I don't get any. Spam gets stopped by some voodoo magic, Verizon or something else. Not sure.
Posted by BROpaneTANK
Mandeville
Member since Apr 2010
2867 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 11:58 am to
I got a scam usps text asking me to click a link to reschedule delivery the same day I was expecting a delivery the other day. The address was clearly a scammer but I can’t say my wife would’ve spotted it being so perfectly timed.
Posted by PaulMainieriEmbolism
Louisianer
Member since Jul 2020
733 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 12:01 pm to
I got that today and yesterday.
So you don’t think it’s legit?
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
49057 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 12:09 pm to
I get probably 5-10 per week. The fun part is that I'm on call sometimes for work and I'll get woke up in the middle of the night occasionally by a damn spammer
Posted by kcpizzle
Member since Mar 2022
566 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 12:20 pm to
No
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120689 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 12:21 pm to
Its been a while since i got one
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
20551 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 12:24 pm to
I'm starting to get a few 'paypal' text scams. It would probably help their cause if they could spell and use correct grammar, and find a way not to include @gmail in the address
Posted by GeauxOCDP
Member since Jul 2015
1012 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 12:49 pm to
I used to get them all the time. I just send them fricked up memes and random gaping a-hole pics from Google. It's slowed down alot since I started fricking with them.
Posted by BeachDude022
Premium Elite Platinum TD Member
Member since Dec 2006
34959 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 1:53 pm to
I use Robokiller. It shuts down all of that garbage
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
148014 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:03 pm to
They are out of control. Semi normal looking texts saying they are amazon and the account was compromised click here to fix it all phishing scheme.

The problem is old timers start screaming at a cloud and call or text them back and then they get put on the global list of dumbasses.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
18879 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:03 pm to
If I were president, I’d form an elite squad of assassins from Delta and SEALS to hunt down and eliminate spammers and scammers. Licensed to kill, bury or burn the bodies, and move on to the next target.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
148014 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:35 pm to
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76730 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:44 pm to
I’ve expereinced an uptick in spam calls but not texts
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19639 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:55 pm to

I get scam attempts on Linkedin now.
Posted by jbird7
Central FL
Member since Jul 2020
5325 posts
Posted on 2/18/23 at 3:01 pm to
I always just reply with a pic of the big naked black dude. It’s a nice curveball to throw at em, esp the political/roofing texts.
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