Received an SMS message referencing this phone number in the text (Area Code 314 is for the St. Louis, Missouri area), but also referring to an email address (random letters & numbers before the @ sign), with the site (after the @ sign) referring to a company several states away from St. Louis, MO (spoofing). A search on the company seems to bring up a relatively legitamate company that may not be aware of the fact that these kind of messages are being sent out with reference to their company.
I did not open the message as the subject line, though a bit vague, appeared to be somewhat sexually suggestive. I blocked this phone number and website.
I am considering reporting this phone number and the situation to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC.gov).
I have no idea how they got my phone number, or why they tried to SMS text me, as most strange calls I receive are phone calls. I have not received a strange text message in over a year, and never one as kooky as this ever before.
I did some searches on call reporting sites, and did not find much, except the following:
On the call reporting site:
http://whitepages.dexknows.com
there is a Caution (!) followed by the comment: "Medium Spam Activity Suspected" and the search says that the phone number 314-500-4937 is serviced by Peerless Network VoIP in St. Louis, Missouri.
Received an SMS message referencing this phone number in the text (Area Code 314 is for the St. Louis, Missouri area), but also referring to an email address (random letters & numbers before the @ sign), with the site (after the @ sign) referring to a company several states away from St. Louis, MO (spoofing). A search on the company seems to bring up a relatively legitamate company that may not be aware of the fact that these kind of messages are being sent out with reference to their company.
I did not open the message as the subject line, though a bit vague, appeared to be somewhat sexually suggestive. I blocked this phone number and website.
I am considering reporting this phone number and the situation to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC.gov).
I have no idea how they got my phone number, or why they tried to SMS text me, as most strange calls I receive are phone calls. I have not received a strange text message in over a year, and never one as kooky as this ever before.
I did some searches on call reporting sites, and did not find much, except the following:
On the call reporting site:
http://whitepages.dexknows.com
there is a Caution (!) followed by the comment: "Medium Spam Activity Suspected" and the search says that the phone number 314-500-4937 is serviced by Peerless Network VoIP in St. Louis, Missouri.