Wrong Number Text Scam

A text scam that has been circulating has some worried about their digital security.

[crimsoniron]

I almost went through a divorce because of this SHIT!
I was busy doing some work at home. My phone was in the family room and so was my wife. I get this txt with this picture and it said "I miss you. A week is too long to not see you. Txt me back and I'll send the pics you wanted."
My wife read it and man, the shit hit the fan!
Me being out of town the 3 days before this incident of maniacal stupidity did NOT help! We didn't know this was a scam until a little later. We got it straightened out but I was within a cat whisker of losing my wife. Damn this!!

[AlphaQHard]

I ignore the texts I get from my friends, bold of them to assume they’d be treated any different

[hiddenadventures]

I work in cybersecurity our rule of thumb is to never open any message or email you don’t recognize. With the development of one and no click exploits and Pegasus you never know which hackers/scammers are on the other side. We don’t need to report anything if we all delete them immediately. I wish the expert touched on that. Never open anything you don’t recognize.

[ihsuFM]

The best way I avoid scam calls? Not picking up numbers I don’t recognize and waiting to see if they leave a message. If the message sounds sketchy, I delete the voicemail and block the number!

[jponz]

Ok so the girl found out her photo is being used. And what happens now? Nothing. Basically these scammers get away with everything. Rediculous how nobody can catch these scammers

[wutryulooknat]

I totally thought it was the wrong number and immediately blocked when “she” kept flirting. Yikes. Can’t trust anyone anymore. Also, poor girl in the photo!

[flavioilda]

I feel sorry for the gal in the picture. If she isn't behind the scam, it must be very infuriating to realize you're being a target of a scam bait and since she was probably clueless to the ordeal, people may have ended up looking at her like "Don't trust her, she's a scammer". Meanwhile, she's probably thinking "Who are you and what did I do to you?"
I recognize this text immediately, so I knew it was a scam when I got it. But I didn't know others were targeted similarly until now.

[brianthomas]

Personally I enjoy scam callers. I drive a semi all day every day, and when they call it’s game on. I’ll spend hours wasting their time so they can’t scam someone else, and keeping myself entertained. From doing different voice impersonations, to accents, making up a whole new life and name for myself to mess up the records or database of information they think they have about me, it’s very entertaining. Usually able to make them so angry it sounds like they hate their entire life. Even learnt insults in their language that really makes them tick. (Most scam calls I get are the India call center type ones)

[Kristyn]

Share this with your elders too. A lot of parents and grandparents aren’t aware of scammers.

[isaac]

I remember the good old days when all I got were emails telling me I won the lottery but needed to pay for postage fee. Or my rich uncle who was a king somewhere died and left me a huge inheritance but needed to pay for legal paperwork etc. I’m supposedly a Nigerian prince after all. Haha!

[GingerSpices]

I actually had a whole text convo with this person telling them how much of a jerk some guy was for giving out the wrong number and that they deserve better. 🤦🏻‍♀️Then they sent that very same pic and proceeds to ask if I want to hang out since they were already in town. I figured either this woman is desperate or it could really be a psycho. I blocked the number.

[joedenham]

I'm all the way out here in Japan and I still got this shit 🤣

[BigFatty]

This guy does more to prevent and stop online scammers than the FBI GrindTechiei You're not only closing down scammers but also educating the public, making them aware. Well done!

[babywaffles]

That poor girl whose picture is being used must also have sent nude photos of herself to someone who ended up using these to continue scamming other people. Because I replied wrong number to this and she sent me a nude. Freaked me out and I told my husband and then blocked the number and deleted it. And now I'm starting to see this everywhere and I'm glad I'm not alone, but it's still really scary.
Goes to show you can't show photos to just anyone, but also that we're never really safe

[stanthompson]

Ive had messages like this before that nearly gave me a God’s honest heart attack because all I could think was what if my fiancé saw this crap. Can you imagine how painful it would be if you truly love tour partner to death and you are genuinely faithful to her but then something stupid like this from a scammer was the thing that destroys your relationship....

[Josh_Andrade]

I sent them a photo of my cats fluffy behind and they left me alone after that 🤣🤣🤣

[treytavares]

"Anyone who replied got sent x-rated photos."

Wow, what a scam. Really got me good with that one. I hope more women don't scam me like that.

[MamiTT]

My mom got this novel long text message once and the girl was pregnant and crying about that the baby daddy doesn’t want anything to do with her! Lol my mom was like I feel so bad for her, should I reach out? I was like “HELL NO! You crazy??” 😂😂😂

[foreveryoung]

If you have an old flip phone like me, you can’t see any pictures! Priceless.

[jcrules]

I love receiving scam calls they make my day, hilarious! I had one scammer convinced that I just murdered someone and was on the run from the police. They said if I just gave them my CC number, they can help me escape. 😂😂😂😂