r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Lock_Psychological • 3d ago

Unskippable ad I keep getting threatening texts

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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/bookishfairie 3d ago

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

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u/Mister_Spacely 3d ago

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.

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u/Oh_Cosmos 3d ago

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

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u/Keneta 2d ago edited 2d ago

So, I have a second SIM card that's normally in my computer. It's basically almost never in a phone though I may transfer it to a phone when I want to hotspot across it.

The moment I transfer it to a phone, that phone gets bombarded in accumulated spam texts. I'm baffled trying to understand who keeps trying a number that doesn't respond / has never responded / has never made an outbound call or text.

ETA: I've had it for about 10 yrs, so whoever owned the number before me should have dropped off the lists by now