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Granted USPS text scams have been around for a while. But they tend to crop up more during this time of year. I’ve seen two texts this week. One was sent to me and the other was sent to my mom. The first text message The first text message was sent to my Mom. The message was the typical package […]
The USPS text scam is back for the holiday season Continue reading
Like most people, I tend to get a lot of scam text messages. Lately, they have been for Netflix renewal or my account has been suspended. I usually report them and delete them. Well, today was the first time I’ve had a tax-related scam text.
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As we know text scams aren’t anything new. Neither are the Your account is on hold or will be canceled text scams. I had two scam texts this week that were within an hour of each other. Both seemed to be about Netflix.
The Netflix account scam texts are going around again Continue reading
There have been many scam texts happening lately. But one of the long-lasting ones is the unemployment phishing scam. Even though I mentioned the state of California this scam can happen in any state.
The Unemployment Phishing scam text is back Continue reading
Earlier this week I had two scam texts both were from an email address stated to be Netflix. They were sent at around 1 am or so. These have been similar to the ones I’ve been sent in the past. They all come from what looks like random auto-generated email addresses from the brands.
There’s another Netflix scam text going around Continue reading
Post update 7/16/2022: To include a new text message I had an interesting text message today. I was sent a text from Amazon. It was a typical phishing text scam. These scams are becoming more and more common lately.
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Updated: 5/24/2022 video added For those who live in California (this may hit nationwide as well) keep an eye out for this scam. I was sent a scam text today from CA’s unemployment office. Here it’s called EDD. I haven’t used EDD in years nor did I need to during Covid lockdowns. So this text sort of has me thinking
Watch out for this EDD text scam Continue reading
It looks like the iCloud scam is back again. Yes, it’s not a new scam but this time I had a new scam version. I had a text message. My previous encounters with the iCloud scam were with automated phone calls.
Icloud Text Scam Continue reading
Earlier today I had a rather interesting text. It was a (possibly new) text scam. It stated I had won Powerball. I can also admit that I didn’t think the California lottery or any state lottery will text you if you’ve won a prize. Let alone know a person’s phone number. Like many text scams, it directed me to click
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header image provided by Pixabay This scam to add a sticker or wrap to your car to make money isn’t new. But I guess it’s popping up again. My mom had a text this morning from a Gmail account. Like many of these scams the texts are brief and claim you’ll earn a few hundred dollars pay.
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header image provided by Pixabay This morning when I turned on my phone I noticed I had a very random text message. Granted we may all get text messages. Some may be personal or others may be more along the lines of marketing. I’ve had my fair share of spam messages over the years but this one this morning was
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