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Has anyone else received stuff like this?

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[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 89 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably goes without saying but you really shouldn't message back bots unless you want to continue receiving other spam messages.

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 13 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 68 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That seems legit man. You missed out.

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 27 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

I get spam like this on every single messaging platform eventually. Just block and report it and get on with your life.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yep, not a lot but it happens

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

I've had spam on mostly every messaging platform. Telegram has been easily the worst though

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 15 points 1 week ago

It's only second prize so can't be scam

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Well, are you a millionaire yet? We're all dying to know!

/s

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 7 points 1 week ago

Any day now

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 0 points 1 week ago

and a truck!!

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

S tier play, say i want all my money to go to the local childrens hospital aswell as the truck. If it happend to be real (which its not) you helped out sick kids. And you make the spanmer on the other end feel like the peice of shit they are!!

[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

make the spanmer on the other end feel like the peice of shit they are!!

Bold of you to assume those spineless scum would care about the wellbeing of children.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

chances are they'd scam children if they had any money. Scum like that target easy victims

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev -1 points 1 week ago

It feels more likely that you're going to waste the hospital's resources if they somehow get accused of money laundering.

If you're on Android use the app Molly. You can disable messages from people not within your contacts

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

That's the 2nd place prize?! Imagine what the 1st place prize is!

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 7 points 1 week ago

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

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago

I get it a lot, I'm guessing from randomly trying usernames

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes since you registered your phone and have an id, it's a way to spam you. Simplex doesn't have it btw

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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?

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

SimpleX is for now a bit too new, but I think this the way to go. What do you mean by feature parity?

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] lama@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

So that's what that shit was. Got sent three of those conversations and at first I thought they were weird but I should've knew no woman will willingly keep a conversion going even less with random strangers.

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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 😬

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Why truck, tho? Is it supposed to be one megabuck in $1 bills or something?

[–] Senpai@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Nah I didn't and not even on my email too 🤷‍♂️

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Once got a wrong number text from a human on Signal but that's it

[–] mathias@friendica.hellquist.eu 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@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.

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 1 points 1 week ago

And also if you don't show email or phone number anywhere, as I don't either.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I wonder what the reasoning was behind it being the 2nd place prize. Is that inherently more believable?