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  2. Who's really behind that random strange text from nowhere? - AOL

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    For instance, you receive a text from +1-555-123-4567, a number not in your contacts. Unsolicited contact: The text arrives unexpectedly, often with a friendly or urgent tone. Example: "Hey!

  3. No, that random text to the wrong number isn't a mistake ...

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    Wrong number scams — in which con artists send out huge batches of eye-grabbing but innocuous texts — have become the introduction du jour for scammers looking for people to bilk for money

  4. This iPhone Hack Can Help Reduce The Number Of Spam Texts You See

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    Nowadays, it’s unfortunately normal for your phone to get clogged by incessant spam texts from random numbers. If these texts are scams, the messages will be designed to get you to reply and ...

  5. Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid - Wikipedia

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    Facebook objected to the lawsuit, challenging both Duguid's claim that their notification system for logic security was an ATDS, as the messages sent were targeted to specific phone numbers and not the sequential or random number behavior associated with ATDS, and asserting that the autodialer statute of the TCPA with the 2015 amendment was a ...

  6. Mobile phone spam - Wikipedia

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    Another approach to reducing SMS spam that is offered by some carriers involves creating an alias address rather than using the cell phone's number as a text message address. Only messages sent to the alias are delivered; messages sent to the phone's number are discarded. A New York Times article provided detailed information on this in 2008. [27]

  7. SMS spoofing - Wikipedia

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    SMS spoofing is a technology which uses the short message service (SMS), available on most mobile phones and personal digital assistants, to set who the message appears to come from by replacing the originating mobile number (Sender ID) with alphanumeric text. Spoofing has both legitimate uses (setting the company name from which the message is ...

  8. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail

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    • Your contacts are receiving emails that you didn't send. • You receive spam emails from your own email address. • You're getting MAILER-DAEMON messages that don't match any messages you sent. If you received a spoofed email, be sure to report the email as spam

  9. Scammers are now sending fake toll-collection texts to get ...

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    Authorities across the United States are warning about a wave of scam text messages that claim the person receiving the message has unpaid fees. The real goal of the scam is to give the criminals ...