ULPT: Those annoying spam texts

Posted by OwlieSkywarn@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 39 comments

How can I get revenge on people who send spam texts that say "Hello", "Whats up", etc.? Today's text said "Hey do you still have time to talk to me?" and it came from the phone number (USA) 857-822-8660. I'd text a piss disc or liquid ass if I could...

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Secret-Tackle8040@reddit

I send photographs of prolapsed anuses and genital warts.

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UndeadKurtCobain@reddit

This just makes me wanna send goatse like my man Comment Etiquette Erik taught me hahaha

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Chefboyarrdee@reddit

I'll just send them all the pictures of shirtless old men while I was on my holiday fartcruise.

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Secret-Tackle8040@reddit

Things are classic for a reason.

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sysop042@reddit

Thank you for your service.

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MukLegion@reddit

As I understand most of those text are from scam centers in China, so I send the following wall of text, hopefully their government is monitoring. I've never gotten a response and the number of those texts I get has dropped significantly since I started sending this back to them.

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DingleBerrieIcecream@reddit

I love the sentiment but isn’t it likely that the great firewall of China just blocks it and the receiver never sees the message?

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MukLegion@reddit

Perhaps but I used get those texts like weekly and now I can't remember the last time I received one. So maybe sending this got me put on some kind of blacklist

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ThrowRASkee5555@reddit

Explanation?

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MukLegion@reddit

It's all stuff the Chinese government wouldn't like people saying or communicating about online. So responding with this they don't it on their phones, they don't want to be flagged or something.

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ThrowRASkee5555@reddit

I thought so. But why winnie the pooh and nobel peace price?

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MukLegion@reddit

Winnie the Pooh is a nickname for president Xi Xinping that he hates so much Winnie the Pooh is banned/censored in China.

Don't know about the nobel Peace prize part

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Acrobatic-Living-315@reddit

this works so well istg scam texts barely come up anymore

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Straight_Honey_5706@reddit

I respond with a photo of an “inny-penis” https://images.app.goo.gl/tbqhhU3eYSZqpRqCA

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Hugh_Jampton@reddit

The arrow is the final indignity

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Straight_Honey_5706@reddit

Google it if you don’t know…

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bluffstrider@reddit

I recently learned that they use those texts to find active numbers they can use to spoof so they can scam people. The best way to get revenge is to not respond at all.

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Cream4389@reddit

i don't respond EVER but they still come in nonstop from all different numbers

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MrKittenz@reddit

Maybe they really are trying to get ahold of you!

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thebladeinthebush@reddit

Normally I send a bunch of swear words in Indian and block.

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wronganswerzonly@reddit

Hmmm…I was told that there really aren’t any sweat words in Cherokee. You can call someone a body part or a color or an animal ( skunk and buzzard come to mind) but that’s about it. Maybe Apache?

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greasyjimmy@reddit

Poindexter was able to tell the Alpha Betas to 'bite his crank' in Seminole, so there's that.

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OldERnurse1964@reddit

Red Dot, not Casino

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thebladeinthebush@reddit

When was the last time you got a scam call or text from a Cherokee. They don’t need your money they’ve got casinos and reserves

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Skeggy-@reddit

I think Indians from India is what was meant. Since India is known for scam/call centers.

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CharlieKellyDVMESQBL@reddit

I think they knew that. Check out the username.

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Skeggy-@reddit

I got got. Straight up bamboozled.

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Active-Yogurt-8887@reddit

Don't reply, that tells them that your phone number is valid, and will lead to additional spam texts from others who are all using and sharing datasets. Best to just block and move on.

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99mushrooms@reddit

Is scammers. Block and report.

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Bright_Crazy1015@reddit

Copy the message and forward it via sms to 7726.

Report it to reportfraud.ftc.gov

Report the message inside your messaging app, then block it. Alternatively add it to a block list on an app that blocks spam calls. You can find resources at ctia.org

Unfortunately, that number is very likely spoofed or a burner. It's unlikely to actually be the scammer's real phone number, and may actually belong to someone else. Scammers typically use a program to alter the SMS sender ID info, they may also include a real name and employ personal details (DOB, address, names of personal connections) associated with a phone number using resources like MyLife, or Spytox, etc.

Replying to them or opening any links sent is counterproductive and may allow for malware on your devices, so my recommendation is to report it, forward it, block and delete.

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OwlieSkywarn@reddit (OP)

I never reply 👍

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FilthyDogsCunt@reddit

Just get them off script and replying to you and waste their time until you get bored, time they spend texting you is time they're not spending scamming someone's Grandma.

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OwlieSkywarn@reddit (OP)

I would if it were a phone call. Actually I'd blast them with my air horn heh heh

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TroutMcGhee@reddit

I find the hottest trans woman with the biggest slong and repeated keeping sending it until I’m blocked

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newnamesameface@reddit

"Thank you for subscribing to Bible verse of the day. Your phone bill will be charged $9.99 weekly. Have a blessed day"

Then follow up with a verse

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Either they're flustered and apologize or I never hear back from them again.

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Skeggy-@reddit

Don’t say bye and block them.

They will be so upset you never said goodbye.