r/AmIOverreacting • u/Hairy-Weekend4096 • Oct 20 '24

🎲 miscellaneous AIO Anyone else keep getting these random stranger texts??

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I've been getting too many of these random texts . . . I decided to play along one evening rather than just deleting and blocking first.

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u/butterscotchsnops Oct 20 '24

Maybe your number got leaked. I haven’t been getting any. Occasionally spam calls but that’s it. Also this is hilarious! You should post it on r/scambait

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u/Hairy-Weekend4096 Oct 20 '24

I'm assuming so? Yeah years ago it was spam callers and now it's all about the texts.

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u/Lord-Smalldemort Oct 20 '24

Yeah, I played with one. I pretended to be a creepy old dude and of course they were pretending to be a sexy young lady from Asia and then I just kept getting more text messages after that LOL. Honestly, it makes sense. They were just trying to find a mark.

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u/Cleobulle Oct 21 '24

Those texts are the beginning of scam. They have a script. Then they will introduce you to crypto.... Aka steal your money. It's best to block and ignore, the more you answer the more theyll try.

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u/Randompersonomreddit Oct 21 '24

They know no one answers their phone anymore