Re: Warning possible scam

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Warning possible scam
Date	2018-11-29 15:58 +0100
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On 29/11/2018 13.06, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Tue, 27 Nov 2018 23:16:38 +0100, "Carlos
> E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 27/11/2018 10.26, John Jones wrote:
>>>
>>> I received a text from 'Emma' saying she was at a hospital and I was to 
>>> text back asap. I replied that she had the wrong number. But thinking 
>>> about it, how easy is it to *text* to a wrong number to someone you know 
>>> well enough to demand instant attention. So I now look forward to a 
>>> thousand PPI and injury claim phone calls.
>>
>> I fail to see the consequences of answering the text :-?
>>
>> Either it is genuine, somebody that got the wrong number, or somebody
>> you forgot, or it is a scam, so what?
>>
>> The latest one around here is that they told people (often minors)
>> somehow to open a page, that happened to be a porn site.
>>
>> You just block the number when you know that it is a scam.
>>
>> If they tell you to call another number or to add it to your contacts,
>> obviously don't.
>>
>>
>> Or you can install a filtering application: I'm using "hiya". People
>> contribute to the database the known numbers of scammers. If you get a
> 
> Another solution is to have a phone like mine that does not ring. It
> frustrates the spammers. 

LOL!

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Warning possible scam John Jones <a1jrj@hotamil.com> - 2018-11-27 09:26 +0000
  Re: Warning possible scam "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-27 23:16 +0100
    Re: Warning possible scam "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-28 07:00 +0000
      Re: Warning possible scam "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-28 13:44 +0100
    Re: Warning possible scam M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2018-11-28 15:45 -0600
      Re: Warning possible scam John Jones <a1jrj@hotamil.com> - 2018-11-29 11:45 +0000
      Re: Warning possible scam "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-29 15:57 +0100
        Re: Warning possible scam Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2018-11-30 14:21 +0000
          Re: Warning possible scam "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-12-01 04:15 +0100
            Re: Warning possible scam Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-12-01 08:46 +0100
              Re: Warning possible scam Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-12-01 18:02 +0000
                Re: Warning possible scam "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-12-01 19:52 +0000
                SMS "confirmations", was: Warning possible scam danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2018-12-02 02:35 +0000
                Re: SMS "confirmations", was: Warning possible scam "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-12-02 13:42 +0100
    Re: Warning possible scam micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-29 07:06 -0500
      Re: Warning possible scam "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-29 15:58 +0100

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