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I put this in current events on purpose. Please don't bring politics onto this thread because I would like as many people as possible to see this story. It already happened to my phone 3 days ago, exactly how the news shows it, except the text came under "Me" not my number, which is how I have it listed in contacts. I did not open the link figuring it was a new type of hack and apparently it is.
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Major carriers have told customers to be alert of possible scam texts that appear to be sent from your own number, plus a possible sign of a Russian connection.
I often text a note to myself when I want to remember something like a name, TV show, street name so I am used to getting texts from my phone number. This was different since I didn't text to myself the other day. I knew it was spam, but I clicked on the link anyway and got a message "Do you want this website to know your location?". I exited out and deleted the single text. I'm on Verizon.
I've been getting phone calls/texts from various banks (Chase, Citi, Fidelity, etc) leaving a message that they noticed an unauthorized transaction of 10,000 and to call them back immediately. I called Citi instead and they told me this is a scam and that I did the right thing by not calling the number to which this person called.
Any email/texts that claims to be from my bank, credit card, whatever, that doesn't use my name, gets deleted immediately. Phone calls, same thing.
Same here. Texts/calls to me from numbers not in my contacts are usually spam. Except when I have a doctor's appointment and I have to put up with the 10 reminder texts before the appt and the 4 texts afterwards asking me to rate the appointment.
Received a text less than an hour from my name, saying here's a little something for you with a link in it. I deleted it, I usually just block and delete.... if it's a call and I don't know the number, I automatically block...
I put this in current events on purpose. Please don't bring politics onto this thread because I would like as many people as possible to see this story. It already happened to my phone 3 days ago, exactly how the news shows it, except the text came under "Me" not my number, which is how I have it listed in contacts. I did not open the link figuring it was a new type of hack and apparently it is.
Thank you -but it is happening for at least 18 -24 months already, not new.
We should use a burner phone number from google voice- when we must provide our phone # on some websites - a massive data gathering of unprecedented proportions.
Often to shop - or even to open some sites one is required to sign up, create account, etc. and confirm the phone number
Immediately - I notice the increase in spam texts and calls.
Some accounts are impossible to cancel, delete - even if you are not buying anything from them anymore and not planning to or even just visiting them.
Yesterday spent more than a hour on a phone waiting for someone in the Philippines to delete my account/data with the Best Buy.
You can’t delete it on-line, must call them.
What a waste of resources, the bandwidth, the capacity
It should be outlawed just due to this - what if there is a national emergency?
FUBO TV is another horrible one - impossible to remove the e-mail, must abandon the e-mail address.
As a public we need to fight back: the terms of the account removal must be known in advance and the account must “self-destruct” after 3-6-12 months, whatever the legislature decides…if no activity, etc.
Some less important sites which allow it - I just change the data to some nonsense…but it is not always possible - they hold onto it as gold reserves
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and got a message "Do you want this website to know your location?". I exited out and deleted the single text. I'm on Verizon.
