Is this happening to anyone else?
For the last 3-4 months, i have been getting these random 'accidental' texts. I get probably 2-3 of these a week from different numbers It will be something like "Hey, Anne, this is Julie where are we going tonight'. Or one was 'Hi Bill, im just checking to see if my divorce papers are ready', something like that. Always an 'accident' text.
I'll tell them straight out 'wrong number', they will apologize and then say something like 'You seem like a nice person' (they get this from me simply saying 'wrong number') 'this is a happy accident, do you mind if we get to know each other?....' or something similar
I play along just because it amuses me to waste their time. Then after a bit of chit-chat they will send a picture and its always some hot Asian female, 20's looks to be probably Korean, maybe Japanese. And these aren't just pics, these are obviously posed, professional pictures. My guess is the person in the photo is some kind of wanna-be model that has no idea her image is being used. The person texting usually texts like English is not their first language, and I would guess generally not female as their replies have more of a masculine feel to them.
Originally the story was something like 'I'm in Los Angeles, originally from [insert Asian country here]' And when asked what they do, they are either in fashion (own their own boutique) or they are in finance and have the inside track thanks to an American uncle. The specifics vary a bit, but generally the same thing. And they always have some kind of company or organization that helps underprivileged kids 'in the mountains'
Like any good computer nerd, i immediately start searching the phone number and doing a reverse image search on the pictures. The pictures usually turn up 100's of similar looking Asian females. The phone number never comes up from where they say they are calling from. They always say they are either in L.A. or NYC, but the phone number comes up as originating in Ohio, or Texas, or leads back to WhatsApp (which is where i figure this is originating from as you can change your number in WhatsApp to anything). And when questioned about it, the answer is always 'oh i bought this phone when i was going through that state and lost my phone'
Usually it ends up with them somehow working in that they invest in crypto or they mine crypto or something like that and they try to get me to follow a link to stake mine some random coin.
The reason im asking here is because i listen to a local morning show on the radio and i heard the main guy talking about getting these same calls, just wondering if any TW people are getting them as well. This seems to be some new campaign being used by the scammers, so beware.
For the last 3-4 months, i have been getting these random 'accidental' texts. I get probably 2-3 of these a week from different numbers It will be something like "Hey, Anne, this is Julie where are we going tonight'. Or one was 'Hi Bill, im just checking to see if my divorce papers are ready', something like that. Always an 'accident' text.
I'll tell them straight out 'wrong number', they will apologize and then say something like 'You seem like a nice person' (they get this from me simply saying 'wrong number') 'this is a happy accident, do you mind if we get to know each other?....' or something similar
I play along just because it amuses me to waste their time. Then after a bit of chit-chat they will send a picture and its always some hot Asian female, 20's looks to be probably Korean, maybe Japanese. And these aren't just pics, these are obviously posed, professional pictures. My guess is the person in the photo is some kind of wanna-be model that has no idea her image is being used. The person texting usually texts like English is not their first language, and I would guess generally not female as their replies have more of a masculine feel to them.
Originally the story was something like 'I'm in Los Angeles, originally from [insert Asian country here]' And when asked what they do, they are either in fashion (own their own boutique) or they are in finance and have the inside track thanks to an American uncle. The specifics vary a bit, but generally the same thing. And they always have some kind of company or organization that helps underprivileged kids 'in the mountains'
Like any good computer nerd, i immediately start searching the phone number and doing a reverse image search on the pictures. The pictures usually turn up 100's of similar looking Asian females. The phone number never comes up from where they say they are calling from. They always say they are either in L.A. or NYC, but the phone number comes up as originating in Ohio, or Texas, or leads back to WhatsApp (which is where i figure this is originating from as you can change your number in WhatsApp to anything). And when questioned about it, the answer is always 'oh i bought this phone when i was going through that state and lost my phone'
Usually it ends up with them somehow working in that they invest in crypto or they mine crypto or something like that and they try to get me to follow a link to stake mine some random coin.
The reason im asking here is because i listen to a local morning show on the radio and i heard the main guy talking about getting these same calls, just wondering if any TW people are getting them as well. This seems to be some new campaign being used by the scammers, so beware.
how fucking stupid are people
