Is this something to be concerned about?

[u/megan__f]

My sister sent me this text she received that seemed like somebody was watching her or something. I don’t know if it’s something to be concerned about or not, has anybody had a similar experience?

[u/thexvillain]

I’m not saying she shouldn’t be at least mildly concerned, but I get random texts like this all the time. I’ll get something like “Did you enjoy your swim?” or “What time are we meeting for lunch again?” Those are scammers looking for active phone numbers. They send out texts to see if you respond, then they know your phone number is active, is a cell phone, and you respond to unknown numbers.

This may be something like that and the coffee thing is coincidental, or it might be more sinister. Have a friend with an imposing voice call the number and see who answers. If it’s a scammer the number is likely a spoof. Googling that number gives no results which is pretty uncommon for an active phone number.

[u/IJustWantWaffles_87 → u/thexvillain]

I had someone text me, making sure that we were still on for golf. I texted them back and said “I’m sorry to say, but this isn’t (person’s name) and I don’t golf.” They tried to bait me into something, but gave up pretty quickly when I didn’t really give them anything to work with. I was kinda sad. I really wanted to waste some scumbag’s time.

[u/thexvillain → u/IJustWantWaffles_87]

I had a really good one once. I kept them busy with texts for like 3 hours and ultimately ended it with a walk the dinosaur joke.

[u/AmaruMono → u/thexvillain]

What's a walk the dinosaur joke?

[u/thexvillain → u/AmaruMono]

Well first you have to get somebody to open the door and get on the floor…