Sunday, December 17, 2023

scam SCAM scam

Gosh I thought I had a pretty good scam detector. I'm a lifelong cynic and so private I've been nicknamed The Vault.
And then I got this text from a strange number the other day.

stranger danger text


Kind of a red flag, right? But I read it and thought about the guy who wrong-texted a woman a few years back and now they all have Thanksgiving dinner together every year. So I texted back. It only took one more reply to realize it was a scam.

stranger danger text

Blocked.
No new internet friends for me, I guess.

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