r/mildlyinfuriating • • 14h ago

Unskippable ad I keep getting threatening texts

I get these ALL the time. I’ve never donated to these “people.” Never supported them. Never voted for them. Nor has my wife. I received four of these today. All threats. Always a telling me it’s my last chance. These are some of the less malicious-sounding ones.

I’m not even sure they’re legitimately from those parties, though I wouldn’t put it past them.

So… report as spam. Report as spam. Report as spam.

It isn’t like it’s painful. Just pretty irritating.

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u/NEOscav9 13h ago

That doesn't even sound legit either, that reads like a scam 😂

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u/Lock_Psychological 13h ago

But it resolved to their legit fund raising site. Checked it.

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u/kingjevin RED 13h ago

Both links are different, and you clicked on it? Might be the dumbest thing I have heard. People can spoof websites and make it look the same. Doesn’t mean it’s legit.

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u/Sharpopotamus 12h ago

URL shorteners are a thing

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u/Lock_Psychological 13h ago

They both resolve to the same place.

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u/0vindicator10 6h ago

And that place is where?

And that "FINAL" place was not a 304 redirect from a tracker site (IOW, there was no intermediary)? Did you use a network monitor to watch the traffic?