Is this a scam text?

[JavierH19]

I just find this really odd and all. I hear it's popular for Uber and Lyft and all those other gig job places to have illegals with people's stolen social security numbers working for them as I had a family member go through that in Fresno California recently. But I don't imagine they would go to the extent of using my phone number but not use my name so I don't think this is identity theft. I don't know how they got my number or why they think my name is Brian who is gonna be delivering their miller high life knockoff to their fancy beverly hills bungalow. Is this some really wacky way of information fishing?

Anyone wanna jokingly respond to that number saying they've drank all their shampain they were gonna deliver and ask the guy to go pick you up after wrapping the car around a telephone pole or else you'll sue him for persuading you into drinking and driving or something whacky like that?

 

[Leo99]

I ignore stuff like that.

 

[DukeOfFrontenac]

Looks like a real dump: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1700-Lexington-Rd-Beverly-Hills-CA-90210/145642976_zpid/

 

[JavierH19]

Looks like a real dump: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1700-Lexington-Rd-Beverly-Hills-CA-90210/145642976_zpid/

I checked the address first thing since it was there and yeah it's nice place. I was just being sarcastic, same with high life knockoff. Makes it more suspicious since i'd imagine any delivery job would already have the address listed along with the time unless one wanted to add more info like a specific place to drop it off. Makes it seem like they want you to be impressed and respond back and give information.

 

[dishdude]

They're just trying to engage you. Most likely it's the sweetie scam where some good looking woman accidentally texts you, pulls you into a conversation and next thing you know you have a girlfriend that you've never met but are sending gift cards to.

 

[Leo99]

They're just trying to engage you. Most likely it's the sweetie scam where some good looking woman accidentally texts you, pulls you into a conversation and next thing you know you have a girlfriend that you've never met but are sending gift cards to.

I have a friend that keeps falling for those scams. My wife and I try to tell him it's a scam but he gets angry and accuses us of thinking he's not worthy of these very attractive women that are half his age and always have some excuse to not talk to him on the phone.

 

[Vil_Riker]

If you are not Brian then ignore and move on.

 

[BobsArmory]

If you respond then they will know they have an actual live number to spam to.

 

[JavierH19]

If you respond then they will know they have an actual live number to spam to.

I was reading about how the new apple like messaging thing that puts two bubbles at the bottom of the android text which then get filled in right when you open the text can serve to do the same thing so now i'm afraid to open them at all. One bubble means sent and the second means received i think with the filled in meaning opened or read so wouldn't they know the number is live if two checks appear even if it hasn't been read? I might call verizon and see if I can ask them to opt me out of that entirely so it's like the old way.

 

[JavierH19]

They're just trying to engage you. Most likely it's the sweetie scam where some good looking woman accidentally texts you, pulls you into a conversation and next thing you know you have a girlfriend that you've never met but are sending gift cards to.

I think i've heard of that on facebook years ago.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

Is this some really wacky way of information fishing?

No, it's a pretty straightforward way of information fishing.

"Sorry, that's my number, but my name's Javier and I live in Texas" and it snowballs from there.

 

[Rand]

i got a few nice ones if you have to ask the answer is yes.

 

[Pablo]

Chit chat post!

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

They're just trying to engage you. Most likely it's the sweetie scam where some good looking woman accidentally texts you, pulls you into a conversation and next thing you know you have a girlfriend that you've never met but are sending gift cards to.

I hate when that happens. Fool me once, maybe twice, but not a third time, unless she's really good looking.

 

[mk378]

Ignore it. Probably a wrong number for his caterer or something. In delivery apps, a customer can send a message to the driver through the app. They don't use phone numbers.

 

[Hall]

If you respond then they will know they have an actual live number to spam to.

I was reading about how the new apple like messaging thing

If the sender has an iPhone and the phone # they type in also is an iPhone, they immediately know it's a valid phone #.

 

[Hall]

What is the "scam" ? They aren't going to get anything from you by sending this.

 

[mk378]

Replying "You must have the wrong number" is OK. Don't reveal any more details about yourself or participate in further conversation. Obviously they already have your number.

 

[goblin]

I have just recently discovered that the sentence "...Have you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior..." is pretty much pure kryptonite for most spam callers. Sort of like "...Klaatu Verata Nikto..." would have been to the Necronomicon if Bruce Campbell had pronounced it correctly in Evil Dead - Army of Darkness. Which, to be very clear, is different from the Klaatu Berata Nikto from "The Day the Earth stood still".

But I digress. Not sure if said kryptonite would work in texts.

 

[Leo99]

I have just recently discovered that the sentence "...Have you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior..." is pretty much pure kryptonite for most spam callers. Sort of like "...Klaatu Verata Nikto..." would have been to the Necronomicon if Bruce Campbell had pronounced it correctly in Evil Dead - Army of Darkness. Which, to be very clear, is different from the Klaatu Berata Nikto from "The Day the Earth stood still".

But I digress. Not sure if said kryptonite would work in texts.

A lot of religious people are big on charity and scammers know how to take advantage of that.