Post AoFdLYkyPMZMq7N8ds by KayJanes@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AoFdE3TAKp1vmESqpM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-21T00:47:58Z
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In the past day I've gotten 3 wrong number texts. "Hey Annie meet me at the shooting range""Is this Jane's number this is Bob?"That type of thing. Normally I respond, but getting three is... ODD.
(DIR) Post #AoFdLYkyPMZMq7N8ds by KayJanes@mstdn.social
2024-11-21T00:49:17Z
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@futurebird Very odd.
(DIR) Post #AoFdSgMSX5aaS5InnU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-21T00:50:32Z
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@revndm OK this is odd. What do you think it's about?
(DIR) Post #AoFdVIoOXsC0HdcOpc by NocturnalNessa@infosec.exchange
2024-11-21T00:51:04Z
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@futurebird i got a guy who evidently had a woman give him a wrong/fake number who tried to keep hitting on me over text after learning i was not said woman
(DIR) Post #AoFdaxHDWdDBENnMLg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-21T00:52:05Z
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@NocturnalNessa That's like... headless mantis level stuff.
(DIR) Post #AoFdcA2bYN5R6mXFU8 by not2b@sfba.social
2024-11-21T00:52:07Z
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@futurebird Not odd at all, unfortunately. I get a ton of them. It's a scam. In many cases the wrong-text person will try to strike up a conversation. If they happen to catch a lonely person, they'll gain enough confidence to scam them. They send out thousands of these and only need to catch a few fish.
(DIR) Post #AoFdf4IRMshsA1KR9s by BsCreativeLife@mstdn.social
2024-11-21T00:52:49Z
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@futurebird block, block, block, block🎵🎶
(DIR) Post #AoFdirLlRbzxANguSu by mlohbihler@techhub.social
2024-11-21T00:53:30Z
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@futurebird couldn't figure out what O.D.D. stood for.
(DIR) Post #AoFe8soacWTLEsaCps by jrconlin@soc.jrconlin.com
2024-11-21T00:58:12Z
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@futurebird Not that odd. It's part of a "pig butchering" scam.Basically, pretend to miss-dial someone, then try to get friendly, then eventually scam the person for all their money in one of a dozen ways.Either ignore them or give them the other people's numbers.
(DIR) Post #AoFeMg5Ujl1Lou4HOC by VampiresAndRobots@writing.exchange
2024-11-21T01:00:37Z
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@futurebird I got "Are you Steven? I'm Kelly. Not sure this is the right number."I've had this number for 25 years.
(DIR) Post #AoFeRrsALdgZooJBJo by mkb@mastodon.social
2024-11-21T01:01:37Z
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@futurebird Often these are pig butchering scams. However, plain ol' wrong numbers still happen.Years ago I was getting random texts from someone who was *positive* I was her coworker and refused to believe I was not. She kept texting me for a couple weeks, including angrily telling me I was late for my shift.
(DIR) Post #AoFefttfcPpO9PhfRw by funkula@goblin.camp
2024-11-21T01:02:51Z
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@gemini6ice @futurebird scam was my first thought as well. I had an odd one once from someone claiming a fairly common name and that they were at LAX on their work phone, and it didn't occur to me until I'd said they had the wrong number that I do actually have a friend named that, because I'd never expect her to use her given name with me because I've always known her by a nickname. So I called the friend like "you didn't just text me from an unfamiliar number, right?" and she hadn't. My guess would be that it was a short con along the lines of: mark assumes it's a person they know with the common name, sob story about lost wallet and dwindling phone battery, cabbie wants the fare paid in Google play gift cards
(DIR) Post #AoFefvT9lxo91lJWOu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-21T01:04:06Z
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@funkula @gemini6ice "cabbie wants the fare paid in Google play gift cards"As they so often do. LAMO
(DIR) Post #AoFfceT2d28NNmGLDc by f800gecko@mastodon.online
2024-11-21T01:14:47Z
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@futurebird Never reply
(DIR) Post #AoFfh1rXaVkr6EoEWu by Esoteria@social.horrorhub.club
2024-11-21T01:15:34Z
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@futurebird I made the mistake of interacting with one of those and received “wrong number” texts ever since.
(DIR) Post #AoFi8CCVSVCgtEhJMu by amanda@an.errant.cloud
2024-11-21T01:42:53Z
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@futurebird @funkula @gemini6ice or they're lonely and gosh you seem prett or handsome and they want to meet you in person, but {insert complex scenario that can easily be resolved by you wiring them money}
(DIR) Post #AoFk6BP5eQ4VkNkeUS by waffles@masto.yttrx.com
2024-11-21T02:04:55Z
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@futurebird never reply. Best case your phone is recorded as an active line and resold to other scammers.