Funny scam texts.

[Herpderpsslerps]

So I have a StraightTalk phone. And every once in a while I get texts on it. Several times I\'ve gotten texts that are basically the usual nigerian scam of give me your information and I'll give you money.

Well they\'ve gotten a little smarter, they\'re now sending me texts about winning contests I never entered. Apparently I\'ve won several $1,000 gift cards for best buy and walmart.

The links they send are usually too fishy to even attempt bestbuy.com.gpanex.biz and the such.

Its pretty amazing how I get these, despite never giving out this number, hell my parents don\'t even know it.

Anybody else lever get anything like this?

[Steve5451]

A couple times I\'ve received text messages saying the generic 'You\'ve won an iPad!, just give me your credit card so I can verify your age' type scams but that\'s about it.

[popeter123]

they have a computer witch call all combinations i can find

eg it call 111-111-111

then 111-111-112

[Ydoow]

This is clever?

They\'ve been doing this to everyone\'s email for decades.

In fact, text-messaging is email.

[bandit4910]

This is clever?

They\'ve been doing this to everyone\'s email for decades.

In fact, text-messaging is email.

The only thing different from texting and sending email is texts is sent up to satellites... OT: I used to get scam texts when I had a prepaid verizon phone... One basically said give me your credit info so I can get you a Panasonic Plazma screen TV.

[Ydoow]

The only thing different from texting and sending email is texts is sent up to satellites... OT: I used to get scam texts when I had a prepaid verizon phone... One basically said give me your credit info so I can get you a Panasonic Plazma screen TV.

Lol that\'s funny.

I can get a plasma tv with my own credit info thank you

[bandit4910]

Lol that\'s funny.

I can get a plasma tv with my own credit info thank you

The best thing is it was definitely a computer. I tried to track the number it showed up as cancelled so they either just sent the mass text spam or it was a computer set to do that.

[socket7]

I tell Scammers that I would indeed like the million dollars that is stuck in the escrow account, but first I will need 100 dollars to get 1000 dollars out of my own escrow, so I\'ll have money to pay for the money in their escrow account.

[thorfinn]

All this stupid stuff makes me think that putting a half-a-cent cost for every email wouldn\'t be a bad idea...

[Ydoow]

I tell Scammers that I would indeed like the million dollars that is stuck in the escrow account, but first I will need 100 dollars to get 1000 dollars out of my own escrow, so I\'ll have money to pay for the money in their escrow account.

Reverse scamming.

I love it.

[Ydoow]

All this stupid stuff makes me think that putting a half-a-cent cost for every email wouldn\'t be a bad idea...

I honestly don\'t think that\'s too bad of an idea.

Initially at least. I\'d need to see numbers on the amount of emails spammers send out vs. they\'re actual income.

I know they send out millions of emails in a day, but I know they still make a ton of money even though .1% of those emails are opened.

It might push scammers to scam in more devious ways as well