Nothing new here – this time it’s a message on my mobile phone!
FREEMSG: Our records indicate you may be entitled to 3750 pounds for the Accident you had. To claim for free reply with YES to this msg. To opt out text STOP.
I haven’t had an accident – theres a suprise. The trouble is they will send this to a million people and in today’s Personal Injury landscape you can bet your ass at least 500,000 will be waiting to hear from some no win no fee solicitor.
I hate these text scams because it means that somewhere my name is on a muglist and someone somewhere saw fit to add me to that list.
It also gets me angry because these guys can charge you for texts you receive. The FREEMSG does not do much to make things better – of course it should be free why on earth would I pay to receive a text that I did not want that is trying to scam me?
Any reasonably legit text marketer will also give you the option to Text STOP at any time which is fine. This text was completely unsolicited however so why I should waste a text and confirm I read the thing in the 1st place I don’t know.
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