Has anyone else received stuff like this?
That’s the 2nd place prize?! Imagine what the 1st place prize is!
I got one which appeared at first to be a wrong number, just someone asking if I was Catherine or something. I politely informed them of their mistake. They kept messaging, already a bit weird, but then started saying I was “a nice man, nothing like other men” and I slapped that block button. Idk where it was going (not even a man lol, sorry love) but I’m confident it would have ended with asking me for money… Eventually.
That was a pig butchering scam
Jeeeesus fucking Christ. John Oliver is pretty funny but it almost doesn’t feel acceptable to be laughing during some of that. Anyway, glad I didn’t fall for it 😬
I wonder what the reasoning was behind it being the 2nd place prize. Is that inherently more believable?
Yes since you registered your phone and have an id, it’s a way to spam you. Simplex doesn’t have it btw
I really don’t mind the single spam I’ve gotten so far and I accepted the request just because I enjoy playing with them.
SimpleX seems pretty nice but I had enough trouble converting my family to Signal. Did you there isn’t feature parity between the iOS and Android versions?
SimpleX is for now a bit too new, but I think this the way to go. What do you mean by feature parity?
Probably goes without saying but you really shouldn’t message back bots unless you want to continue receiving other spam messages.
Good point, I actually didn’t think of that. But it wasn’t a bot. Anyway, I guess that’s the point of being able to throw away usernames.
Nah I didn’t and not even on my email too 🤷♂️
It’s only second prize so can’t be scam
keep in mind that phone number privacy does not mean that they don’t get your phone number, but that the official app does not reveal it.
but then, they have probably found you either by phone number or from a group
That seems legit man. You missed out.
I asked him to send me the check and just send it to my address since he had my Signal number. I’m expecting it before Christmas.
I get spam like this on every single messaging platform eventually. Just block and report it and get on with your life.
Note, if you have sensitive information in your signal profile, you shouldn’t accept messages you aren’t familiar with
See the “What happens when I …” > “Accept” section
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007459591-Signal-Profiles-and-Message-Requests
I’m not aware of any other privacy issues past that, but I’d worry about getting more spam by engaging with them
Well, are you a millionaire yet? We’re all dying to know!
/s
and a truck!!
Any day now
@Delusion6903 I haven’t, as I only allow messages from friends/colleagues, and I don’t have my email or phone number visible on my profile. If you show email/phone number on your profile you can get requests from random people, like in this case.
And also if you don’t show email or phone number anywhere, as I don’t either.
If you’re on Android use the app Molly. You can disable messages from people not within your contacts
Yep, not a lot but it happens
I’ve had spam on mostly every messaging platform. Telegram has been easily the worst though
In the middle of a conversation with someone you know? Yikes
It’s a separate thread for each user or group you have. These bots come in as a new contact and thread. So no. Never in the middle of a preexisting conversation. I got one once, 2-3 years ago now. It was immediately apparent like this one. I just reported and blocked them.
no not mid conversation
“You accepted the message request”
It’s a new conversation
Congratulations 👏
Thanks
