Avoiding spam

Got these text messages. Put the URL into Whois and got a lot of info on a screen.

Don’t want to get spoofed but also don’t want to leave money on the table. Would it be wiser to open the link on public browser to avoid files, passwords and history?

Anybody here a SME on URL parsing and/or spam avoiding in general? Thank you :pray: in advance.





Looks suspicious to me; I wouldn’t mess with it if UNsolicited thru
a text message. Looks like it’s in Iceland ???

The email address seems weird to me too and the withheldforprivacy thing ???

A resource to use; may be better ones out there.

5 URL Warning Signs to Watch For | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

Also, in that URL is there a funny character after the “http://“ I can’t tell if that’s
a “.” or a “_” or just an artifact of cutting and pasting that URL that got introduced.

I like Spam. Very versatile protein

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I wouldn’t click on that. How many legit businesses send unsolicited mass texts like that?

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Delete and report as spam. Don’t engage with it, as even if you reply with STOP or something like that it flags their system and they can sell the information that’s it’s been verified as a valid phone number.

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Block number and report as junk

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If they’re misspelling “insurance” with something very close that’s designed to trick you, then just delete, block and report spam.

If you’re eligible for reimbursement “from TX,” why would notification come like this? And what would you be reimbursed for?

This isn’t even really a good attempt, imo.

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Honestly, keeping one step ahead of this vermin is a full-time job.

This works, but I also favor using a few well placed cruise missiles, and hacker support to delete their database backups. Also penalizing the phone companies for allowing it.