#scamtext — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #scamtext, aggregated by home.social.
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Public cautioned over fake links claiming to be LTO portal
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Public warned of text scam claiming traffic violations
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Lately I've been getting text messages from people I don't know, many claiming to know me or that I should know them. Others are looking for someone else.
I think they're all scams, as none show that they know my name, though a quick web search on my phone number should identify me pretty easily. (That makes them pretty lazy as far as scammers go.)
So far, they've ramped up from a few in prior months to 3 this week.
Today one claiming to be "Emily" supposedly sent me a picture of her, but a quick web search reveals it's of someone named Alexandra Kosheleva.
Be safe out there.