You need not involve the FBI, IRA, IRS, or any other acronym.
Do not respond to unwanted texts or emails from questionable sources. Several mobile service providers will allow you to report unwanted spam texts by simply forwarding them to 7726 (or “spam”) to enable the providers to prevent future unwanted texts from the specific sender.
TIP:
Put 7726 in your contact list, so you can easily forward those unwanted texts!
More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_spam
http://blog.usa.gov/post/89152807112/protect-yourself-from-text-message-spam
However, in many cases, the text origin, as seen on your phone, is faked. The internet domain does not exist, or the phone number may have been spoofed.
I received an email from this Tracy Billard who wanted to buy a card collection I had for sale. She has an ad in the Thrifty Nickel. I found some things strange about her email so I did some investigating. The email was the same email(word for word) that was sent to other sellers, no matter what they were selling. Just a scam to get personal information and something for nothing (fake check?). Thank goodness for this site.
Glad I checked this this same person wants to buy our alto saxophone. why would someone who is hearing impaired want a saxophone? Same email as one I read previously.
Just received the exact text and email that Beth did from troy Billard I'm selling Xbox games and he was interested thank god I read this wow people like this need to be stopped