Submitted 3 weeks ago by elephantium@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
Today, I got a spam text addressed to my ex. One of those “WE BUY REAL ESTATE FAST!” types with an address I don’t recognize.
Ugh, how is my phone number even connected with their house?!
Ugh, how is my phone number even connected with their house?!
It probably isn’t. More likely, she is tied to the house, you are still tied to her in some (out-dated) database
If it weren’t connected somehow, I wouldn’t be getting the misdirected spams.
Your theory seems likely. We bought a house together back in the “bad old days” long before we split.
It’s still a little jarring to see in my texts!
Yeah, everybody collects data, but verifying it, cleaning up, deleting old stuff costs more than a few “misplaced” text’s. So many just keep going with it. And who knows? maybe not the property mentioned, but you might have another place to sell. Or pass the message on to a friend. Even misplaced texts might lead to a deal profit …
Maybe I’m missing something obvious here, but how do you know the ex’s gender? I’m not saying you’re wrong, I just don’t get how you got to that conclusion.
It’s a 50/50 choice really isn’t it?
The last time one of these folks wanted to buy my house, They were calling me, my wife, and my brother (which was particularly strange since he doesn’t live near me and has nothing to do with my house).
I finally responded so they’d leave my brother alone. I told them I wouldn’t entertain any offer less than $1 million.
My house is not worth $1 million. Maybe if it was in absolutely perfect shape. It’s a Victorian house. It used to be the pastor’s rectory for a church across the street. When the church wanted to tear it down to build an addition, they moved it instead.
However, it probably needs around $200k-$300k of work to get it to perfect shape.
They can pry my ~3% fixed rate mortgage out of my cold, dead hands. I’m not selling it unless I get enough to buy the next place without a mortgage.
I was the victim of attempted title theft and like everyone I knew got texts about buying my condo.
I still get texts about it. I moved like 3 years ago.
There are a few possibilities.
Either way, learn how the block button works, then use it.
Either way, learn how the block button works, then use it.
You do realize that spam texts use spoofed numbers, and blocking does no good because the next spam text will be from a different number?
It blocks the first number.
I just block all numbers not in my contact list using SpamBlocker.
My sister-in-law stayed with me for two months in 2007. We each moved to different states soon after that. I still get mailers at least twice a year addressed to her at my house offering to buy the time share neither of us ever owned.
I get these all the time. Do people send them their real address or something?
Do either of you have a common last name? I get spam calls (and even more emails) all the time really meant for people with a similar name somewhere else.
I do, but it didn’t show a last name.
RBWells@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I get offers to buy my house, my neighbors house, and some house our in the suburbs.
I have had this phone number for decades.
It is sometimes phishing I think, just to see if you will respond at all.
elephantium@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, could also be this. You never know.