What’s on your mind?

[sgtaylor5]

I get those spam group chats as well, though recently the spam texts have been the most generic, one of two varieties:

1. Fake job offers.
2. Random texts that say things like "Hey, we haven't talked in a while".

The latter kind are the newest type, and very strange to me. It's obviously spam because although I don't have the numbers of everyone I know memorized, no one I know would ever text me out of the blue without mentioning my name. It doesn't say "Hey, Eden", I delete it and ignore it.

I'm not sure why this specific type of text has been more common for me lately, but it's certainly annoying. But it's true my phone number out there a lot over the years. Starting to regret that now...

I’ve gotten the latter type, and it’s usually some pretty girl (or somebody purportedly a pretty girl) wanting to talk at length - forever.

Why? Not readily apparent. But it’s probably not for good purposes.

 

[KaliYoni]

I am OK with text message appointment reminders from medical practices for two main reasons:

1. The messages confirm I have the correct time and date and help me avoid missed appointment fees.
2. Most practices are tightly scheduled. Anything that helps keep staff and professionals on schedule, so that I have less chance of being affected by another patient being late or a no-show, is fine by me.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

My big problem is that Governments, Banks and others all say -- don't answer calls or reply to or read messages from unknown or blocked numbers.

Then... when Government agencies, Banks, Medical agencies (Doctors, Hospitals, etc) contact me, it's always from unknown or blocked numbers.

My own Doctor, when sending me a message gives me a link to an unknown bit.ly link, and I have to put in my private details before reading the message.

My bank, when they want to ring me up, call from an blocked number, then ask me for my details before talking to me. And when I complain to management about this, they can't understand why I can't tell the difference from them calling me from an unknown number and asking for my details and a spammer calling me from an unknown number and asking for my details. And we give these people our money to look after...

In Australia, Political Parties are exempt from anti-spam laws. Guess who makes the anti-spam laws...