i got a weird text too!! except it was 805-842-3421...it just said Hi Brandon and i asked who it was and it was like "Sry.. mi Iphones dying" and i asked who it was again and they were like "add me on Y! msg textgirly79" and i said no and they didnt respond...
Same story as most. Got a text with saying, "hey Jessie?" and then I responded asking who they were. They responded that if I wanted to know who they were I had to add them on Yahoo! Messenger (..random)
It's not 1998, so I don't have that. I told them no.
No response.
I live in Oregon. The number is a Pennsylvania area code and reads as a landline.
I just got the same text. How do these people know our names? I sent a vague response because I have a bro-in-law in PA, so thought it might be some buddy of his, but obviously not. I haven't heard back. Should have read this first, then I could have said wrong number.
got text this aftn.am in benton city,wa.,,have no clue who it is.asked who is this and said add me to yahoo. messaging ..if i wanna find out!.never do yahoo messaging .don't know how and won't start....gonna tell friend about it.puter geek
Other posters say they have had success in forwarding these illegal texts to 7726. They are picked up by your cell phone carrier who will ask you to send them the phone number so they can investigate and have spam filters installed to block the texts. The following article tells you everything you need to know:
Security company Cloudmark created a spam messaging reporting service that nation’s major wireless carriers agreed earlier this year to start using. Now, customers of AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint and others can forward their text spam message to 7726. The mobile phone carrier will ask customers for the phone number that’s linked to the spam message so they and Cloudmark can start investigating.
I'm in Spokane & just got a TM: "hola, Vince". I TM'ed back & no response. I think it's a prankster who got my name & number off a Craig's List add. Or maybe Facebook. I'm not worred. 50 years ago we used to ring door bells and run. I guess this is the 2012 version.