How to fight text message spam

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• Makhno@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Very real. Very cool. Definitely happened.

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  • cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Actually this one’s believable. The script typically follows:

    “Do you want to go golfing this weekend” “Are you coming to the bbq Saturday” “Hey this is so-and-so” Etc.

    And if you reply “who is this” or whatever to that effect the bot will say “Oh I’m sorry” or something like that. Then later follow up with a “my names _____” usually followed by a picture of an Asian woman, and then an attempt to “get to know” who the bot is talking to.

    The whole mistaken identity bs to establish a dialog and try to form a connection with a random stranger to scam them.

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    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Mine was named Alice. She insisted I need to use her sketchy crypto trading platform and she would be my sponsor. I insisted that the site needed her to deposit BTC to a specific wallet before it would let me. I think I eventually got blocked.

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    • Dhs92@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Typically following this pattern iirc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Have a nive day.

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• toofpic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I have scammers from Indonesia in my TG regularly - think FBI would scare them?

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  • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Even easier to get on an Indonesian shit list.

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    • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Don’t forget, the CIA will destabilize a country to get a dollar off at the local McDonald’s. Imagine what they’d do if the FBI passingly complained.

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  • redsand@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    CIA

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    • toofpic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Fuck CIA.
      I guess your life is over, dealing with such a terrorist as myself.

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• Bratosch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Have a nive day

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