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[Jared] Spam...via Text Messaging?

24/6/2014

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I got an interesting text message today.  At first I thought it was my wife, maybe my mother (they're the main people who text me most days), but I was wrong.  It took me by surprise at first, but then it turned into the feeling of being very annoyed.

The number that sent the text was unknown, but it doesn't stop there.  It came from a completely different country!  In New Zealand, our country code is +64, but this message came from +44, which is the UK.  I have no friends over there that have my mobile phone number.  They're all in my Facebook friends and that's how it'll stay (unless I happen to be over there).

Here's the message I received at 12:44pm local time, typed exactly as I read it:

Congrat!Your mobile number was selected as a lucky winner of
£1,500,000.00 on UK LOTTERY Draw with Draw number 626404. Email rberth091@gmail.com for claims

First of all, I never entered any form of lottery recently, and neither have I in my entire lifetime.  I may have bought a ticket once or twice from a New Zealand Lotto counter, but that is all.  Obvious spam is obvious.  Secondly, do they really think I'll fall for this trash?

So, before I added them to my phone's blacklist, I thought I'd have a little fun with it and respond in kind (if kind is the right word to use in this case).  I said as follows:

You must think I'm a special kind of stupid by claiming that I entered a lottery which, by the way, doesn't exist.  Take my number off your database & bugger off.

To whoever you are that sent me this message, I'm insulted that you'd try to outsmart a comedian.  You should know how dangerous that is to your morale.  All you'll get out of it is a major kick in the gut.

Everybody else, do not accept any 'offers' from the phone number +447554588716.  Show them who's boss instead.
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