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in reply to perishthethought

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.
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in reply to SomeAmateur

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

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.
in reply to Delusion6903

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

support.signal.org/hc/en-us/ar…

I'm not aware of any other privacy issues past that, but I'd worry about getting more spam by engaging with them

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in reply to Delusion6903

I get it a lot, I'm guessing from randomly trying usernames
in reply to Delusion6903

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

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.
in reply to Delusion6903

Why truck, tho? Is it supposed to be one megabuck in $1 bills or something?
in reply to Delusion6903

I get spam like this on every single messaging platform eventually. Just block and report it and get on with your life.
in reply to Delusion6903

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!!
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in reply to Steamymoomilk

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.

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in reply to Maroon

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

It feels more likely that you're going to waste the hospital's resources if they somehow get accused of money laundering.
in reply to Delusion6903

If you're on Android use the app Molly. You can disable messages from people not within your contacts
in reply to Delusion6903

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

in reply to Delusion6903

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

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?

in reply to Delusion6903

SimpleX is for now a bit too new, but I think this the way to go. What do you mean by feature parity?
in reply to Delusion6903

Once got a wrong number text from a human on Signal but that's it
in reply to Delusion6903

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.
in reply to BluesF

That was a pig butchering scam
in reply to lama

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 😬
in reply to Delusion6903

@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.

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in reply to Delusion6903

That's the 2nd place prize?! Imagine what the 1st place prize is!
in reply to Delusion6903

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