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Botany

(74,503 posts) Sat Jun 21, 2025, 04:26 PM Saturday

Funny phishing text on my cell phone.

Cloud Subscription terminated. You failed to renew.
Renew now before files are gone: then a link which I didn’t hit.

Botany = But not that dumb.

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Funny phishing text on my cell phone. (Original Post) Botany Saturday OP

Ditto WmChris Saturday #1

There is no "they" there. Computer generated messages sent out by the millions. Botany Saturday #3

Pay your overdue EZ-Pay tolls first! Beartracks Saturday #2

If someone cold calls/texts/emails you for money, use this one. Norrrm Saturday #4

I got several texts... Rizen Saturday #5

WmChris

(344 posts)

1. Ditto

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 04:33 PM

Saturday

I've been getting the same one three to five times a day for a couple weeks now. I send them to spam and unsubcribe, and they just keep comming and I just keep sending them to spam. I keep hoping they'll give up eventually.

Botany

(74,503 posts)

3. There is no "they" there. Computer generated messages sent out by the millions.

Reply to WmChris (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 04:45 PM

Saturday

Maybe the are from my helpful friend who is aPrince in Nigeria who has a million dollars
in gold that is frozen by the government and he just needs some $1,500 right now and then
he will give me $500,000 for my help.