Do either of you have a common last name? I get spam calls (and even more emails) all the time really meant for people with a similar name somewhere else.
I get offers to buy my house, my neighbors house, and some house out in the suburbs belonging to someone named Daisy.
I have had this phone number for decades.
It is sometimes phishing I think, just to see if you will respond at all.
just to see if you will respond
Yeah, could also be this. You never know.
Ugh, how is my phone number even connected with their house?!
It probably isn't. More likely, she is tied to the house, you are still tied to her in some (out-dated) database
If it weren't connected somehow, I wouldn't be getting the misdirected spams.
Your theory seems likely. We bought a house together back in the "bad old days" long before we split.
It's still a little jarring to see in my texts!
Yeah, everybody collects data, but verifying it, cleaning up, deleting old stuff costs more than a few "misplaced" text's. So many just keep going with it. And who knows? maybe not the property mentioned, but you might have another place to sell. Or pass the message on to a friend. Even misplaced texts might lead to ~~a deal~~ profit .....
Ugh, if I had my druthers, all text spams would trigger an electric shock on the sender. It's such an obnoxious waste.
If it's not your place, schedule a meeting to look it over, obviously don't show up.
Ha, delightfully petty. When it comes to text spam, though, I just block. Engaging in any way just encourages the spammers.
Maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but how do you know the ex's gender? I'm not saying you're wrong, I just don't get how you got to that conclusion.
It's a 50/50 choice really isn't it?
It is ( But be very careful saying that bro [m/f] not everyone agrees to that anymore )
Ouch ... Obviously I did not think about it and I struck a nerve there. (Maybe I expected it to be read in the spirit as it was meant) Fine. Take your pick:
Gotta block the trolls and move on buddy
There are a few possibilities.
Either way, learn how the block button works, then use it.
Either way, learn how the block button works, then use it.
You do realize that spam texts use spoofed numbers, and blocking does no good because the next spam text will be from a different number?
It blocks the first number. But yea, other numbers then come through.
I just block all numbers not in my contact list using SpamBlocker.
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