Text spam from 619-607-7749
Now it’s Target’s turn as bait. As with the Walmart and Best Buy spams, I never entered any drawing at any of those stores. I’ve blurred out my mobile number:…
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Text spam from 321-544-3724
Here’s another text spam cut from the same cloth as the previous post. Most likely it’s the same spammer; it’s not unusual for them to have banks of phone numbers….
Text spam from 425-686-5062
I’m thinking text spammers are having more luck dangling Best Buy gift cards over Walmart gift cards as bait. Here’s yet another one… “Your entry last month has WON! Goto…
Text spam from 510-487-8024
Here’s the oldest scam of them all (and this one predates the internet): a tech company will give you their latest gadget to play with and keep. Yeah, sure. And…
Text spam from 951-496-2017
I guess Walmart is an especially tempting morsel ’cause text spammers use it an awful lot as bait. Here’s yet another variation: “Dear Walmart shopper, your purchase last month won…
Text spam from 702-501-9525
I replaced the BlackBerry with a Samsung Galaxy S2 (AT&T) in February 2012 and it inherited the phone number I’ve had since 1996…along with all of the text spam that…
Text spam from 954-494-3619
Poor Walmart and Best Buy — they’re apparently the du jour favorite bait for phone number harvesters. Here’s one: “Congratulations! Go to CardConfirm.com to claim your $1000 Walmart GiftCard now!…
Text spam from 325-762-0499
And now, here begins the avalanche of text spam received on my Android phone. This is the usual phone-number-harvesting ploy of “You’ve just won a gift card for (fill in…
Text spam from 949-973-1651
Here’s the last of the old BlackBerry spam texts: “Eliminate up to 90 percent of your debt today – Really! Text Yes if you would like to know more. TXT…
Text spam from 949-748-0970
Here’s another spam text from my BlackBerry days: “Do you owe $10,000+ to the IRS? If you’re unemployed, new gov’t program can REDUCE BACK TAXES by 70%. Reply “YES” to…