An exchange with a scam texter and my kid.
this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2024
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Poor Joanne, she probably now experiences night-mares from the screams.
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I once got a wrong text from someone identifying themselves as a person named Sky. I proceeded to try to act like I thought they were Sky Tate from Power Rangers S.P.D.
I’ve heard these wrong number scams are used to probe for an active phone number
Basically they’re fishing for a “sorry I think you have the wrong number” to confirm or deny that there is a human on the other side so they don’t waste resources spamming inactive phone numbers
Anyways this is still really funny tho
That happens mostly with phone calls, doesn't it? They call you and if you pick up, they know it's and active number. I've picket up a phone call or two that immediately hung up on me and I immediately realised I had to expect a couple scam calls or texts I'm the coming weeks.
All of them are to probe for active numbers. Calls and texts. The best thing you can do is ignore them. For calls, don't pick up, don't hang up. Even ending the call early let's them know your line is live.
Just ignore them and their system will mark your line as dead. I get maybe one or two calls a month now.
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Exactly why you shouldn’t press the hang up button when unknown caller happens. Just mute the call and let it ring out in silence. Don’t press the voicemail button either to send them straight there. It’s like social media, any interaction is a positive for their bot system and the only way to avoid making things worse is to not interact at all.
There's an even better way to handle spam calls if you have a recent Android phone: use the automated call screening. Every time robocallers hang up immediately before saying a single word because they know if the person flags the call as spam then Google now has a recording to automatically flag future calls even if they spoof new phone numbers.
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That's my superpower. Everyone goes to voicemail.
I pick up muted so they have a null like they hit an old fax line
Don't fax machines directly initiate the handshake?
I remember being screamed at by angry modem noises in ancient times when calling a fax number.
I’ve spent the last 10 years honing my ability to screetch like a modem/fax machine. Jokes on them…
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I used to fuck with these people until I saw that John Oliver about them and found out many are doing this against their will
I’d like to hope maybe the scammer at least had a laugh. I’m sure they get much worse replies.
The segment was good but you fucking with them still wastes their time so they don't scam someone else who would be less diligent. It's still good to waste their time. It just sucks that late stage capitalism is forcing them to do the job.
Which segment was it? I am curious now because I always fuck with the texters that get past my spam filter.
Pig slaughtering scams. Apparently lots of people go to China thinking they will get a certain kind of work then get forced into this.
Pig butchering
Yeah that
Nobody replied. If I’m wrong, I apologize Joanne, wherever you are.
She'll never ask for horseback riding ever again.