1. never signed up for anything like this,
  2. never donated to or signed up for emails from the DNC, et al.,
  3. political texts like this come all the time, and
  4. I hesitate to reply “stop” because I don’t want them to know this is a live number (is my instinct here outdated/inapplicable?)
  • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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    For sure don’t in any way respond, just report spam and block the number. Lots of these things are phishing attempts, trying to get you to give personal information (or even money), and aren’t connected to the things they mention.

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      3 months ago

      Lots Most Pretty well all of these things are phishing attempts.

      Follow parent’s advice.

      Never, ever, ever respond, even reverse-uno.
      Otherwise, you’ve helped them.

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      3 months ago

      Just to note - white dudes for Harris is a real group.

      I still wouldn’t click the link, I’d go direct to their site if there was an interest there, just noting that it is a real group.

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        3 months ago

        Yep, I looked them up just to see but, like you said, the fact that it exists doesn’t mean anything. I didn’t find anything (good or bad) associated with that phone number - could be spoofed.

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      There’s no “Report Junk” on iOS Messages unless it’s an email address texting you.

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        3 months ago

        Every message I have received on my iPhone from someone not in my contacts has this after that latest message:

      • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 months ago

        Not true—I just successfully reported this text as junk. It tries to auto-detect spam, and coming from an email address is one of the signs of that, but not the only one.

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        3 months ago

        You must have seen the older phishing attempts with caller’s named “Potential Spam”

        Not sure if that technique still works but you can still mark callers as junk/spam.