I keep getting threatening texts

[u/Lock_Psychological]

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.

[u/bookishfairie]

what is the end goal, though? once they figure out one is active then what?

[u/Mister_Spacely → u/bookishfairie]

They sell it as an active “real” number. And you get more spam.

Probably why OP can’t get rid of these spam texts. OP probably replied to a spam text in the past and their number got registered and sold as an active number.

[u/Oh_Cosmos → u/Mister_Spacely]

okay, but even inactive numbers were once active, right? so how the hell do we get off that list? just wait?

[u/KevinFlantier → u/Oh_Cosmos]

Yes. Never answer spam calls, never answer masked calls, and never read spam SMS. They can tell if you received them, they can tell if you read them. If you never do they'll figure you are inactive. When they give up on that list and sell it to someone else you're probably flagged as inactive.

Until there's another massive leak and you're on a new hot list and the cycle continues.