Yes! You heard it right! Your own phone number is spamming you!
We are accustomed to receiving spam messages from your carrier that offer you a “gift” to pay your bills, or you open a link from “Netflix” and “update your subscription”. These attempts to rip you off are not insignificant. The strange thing is that when these texts come from your own phone number, not from some strange source.
Even though it appears that you have been hacked because you receive spam text from your phone number, this does not mean you have been hacked. You grumble as you receive yet another annoying spam text, only to discover that the perpetrator is you, not some unknown invader.
No, your phone number has not been compromised, and your personal information has not been stolen. Spoofing is a type of spam attack where a bad actor sends a message from a different email address or phone number than his own. It’s a good idea to include your personal phone numbers.
These deception tactics are as absurd as they are evident. Good job, Spammers: You figured out how to send text from my own phone number, and you’re using that power to carry out the same tired scams. Why would I think this time the scam is real because it looks like I sent it myself?
This gives you the option to report to the FCC, which may be your best bet – the more formal complaints the organization receives about this issue, the more likely it is to take action against the carriers. Will put pressure Will put in, and find a real solution. Still, no action seems particularly effective. To the flood of spam
There is not much you can do as a user to stop. Careers really need to solve this problem at the end of the day.
And it should go without saying, but please do not interact with or open any of these spammy links. While sometimes they are harmless – there are recent reports of fake writings that do nothing but lead to Russian state TV websites – some links can make places even more obscure.
