More text scams
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“Hey, how are you?”
“Hey, how’s your sore back?”
“Sorry, I’m running a little late; I’ll meet you for dinner at 6:15.”
If you have been on the receiving end of an increasing number of seemingly random and innocuous texts like those, you aren’t alone. And it wasn’t a wrong number. Online scammers are increasingly turned to “wrong number” message tactics, aided by AI, to trick phone users into providing access to personal information and financial accounts.
Ann Nagel, who works at a college in suburban Chicago, received a text that was convincing enough to make her think she should respond.
“I had actually thought it was from one of my members from an organization I run in town. It had me going for a few seconds,” Nagel said.
But she quickly realized it was a scam when the texter asked Nagel to send a Vanilla Visa gift card and scratch off the back numbers. Nagel quickly ended the text exchange.
“They are a tricky bunch of thieves, no doubt,” Nagel said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/odd-text-wrong-number-messages-new-scam-payday-hackers.html
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The internet has become a sewer. More and more, I avoid it.
