413-212-9500

Got a text from this number asking "Who is this?" and *I* never contacted them in any way.  Is this the NEW scam?

BTW, this is a PITTSFIELD, MA number; NOT the above named towns (Chicopee, Holyok & Northampton) which is an HOUR drive away.

Looked up MY OWN number and found there are growing 'spam' reports.  *I* am not calling ANYONE nor Texting strangers.  Very worried my number has been HACKED, or is being SPOOFED likely by a CRIMINAL DRUG ADDICT/GANG MEMBER  that I recently evicted from property I own.  WHAT DO I DO???

One thing you can do is relax. I assure you there is no such thing as a "scam" that involves asking people for their name. If a name is all that is needed to "scam" somebody, then nobody would need to ask you your name. I assure you that if I texted you, it's because you called me. I hate unsolicited calls just as much as you do. Calm down and change your number if you care so much.

My land line number was spoofed by a local group of scammers selling "solar collectors."  I called my carrier and they changed my number for free.  Ordinarily they charge to change the number but when I explained why, they said they were happy to change it at no cost.  It's a pain in the butt.  You have to change your number with everyone but it was worth it.

Is this your number?  If not, then why are you at this site/thread, a good 2.5 months after I first posted?  Are YOU getting phishing texts or calls from this number, too?  If so, then how about a little more empathy and a little less judgement?  OR are you the PERP???  This is a LOCAL number for me and there is a LOT of scary stuff going on in Pittsfield these days and I'm dealing with a 'professional criminal' who is attempting to ruin my life.  Unless you've "walked a mile" then you have no right to be so condescending and strident.  I NEVER contacted anyone at this number, ESPECIALLY using my cell (could have used my landline & saved my none-free minutes) either by text nor by call.  So, yes, this is concerning to me.  And NO, I CANNOT change my number without significant cost and inconvenience, so its not gonna be my first action.

Yes, that is my number. I googled my number after hearing about friends who had a similar issue. If I receive an unsolicited phone call, I call or text the person to ask who they are. I do not call or text people out of the blue, as I know how annoying it is. I am not "the perp." Most likely, somebody is using your phone number (or mine, or both of ours) to make unsolicited calls. I am not the "professional criminal" you are after.

Hi there, sorry for the issue. The above number is mine. I have received numerous unsolicited phone calls myself. Most of the time, I will call or text the number to see if it is somebody I actually know. That is most likely why I had texted you. I would never text somebody out of the blue, and there's no such thing as a scam that consists of asking somebody their name. Again, I'm sorry for this, but I find unsolicited phone calls/texts just as annoying as the next person. If you receive another text message from me that asks who you are, rest assured it is because I received a phone call from your number. If this happens, feel free to ask me for a screen shot of my call history for proof that I received a call from your number.

You want to cripple that and run it by me slower?   And how many names are you posting under in this thread?  "Calm Down", "Growing Anxious" and now "That's Me"?  You seem to have some problems with boundaries, and that problem sure shows by your actions.

You seem to be saying you are sending text messages back to numbers that have been calling you, and asking for personal info.  Yes, a name is personal Info, and YOU are not entitled to it, sure a Heck not yours for the asking.

And you are doing this for no real reason I can figure out.  To satisfy some strange need for knowledge or out of curiosity.   That is crazy stuff.  You are as bad and worse than the disease, IMHO, since you KNOW that is an aggressive, harassing and anger provoking action; you know and are doing it anyway.  On purpose and then pass it off with a shill-sounding lie of:

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there's no such thing as a scam that consists of asking somebody their name.

That is pure BS, and a hopeless justification for your distorted self-serving lies you are tell people here and maybe to yourself.  Asking for a name in that manner is absolutely a scammer at work. You have a phone number for texting, and are trying to con someone out of their name.  That is enough information for you to be dangerous to someone's well-being.
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Again, I'm sorry for this, but I find unsolicited phone calls/texts just as annoying as the next person. If you receive another text message from me that asks who you are, rest assured it is because I received a phone call from your number.

If you really find those texts so annoying, at the same time, you are perpetrating the same harassment, and to strangers that you then shake down for their names?   And to what end?  What are you doing with that info?  I am reporting your posts to Admin, and frankly, if I had more info, I would go right to the cops.  You are absolutely a danger, and very much in the wrong.

-- Of course, if you are just a plain shill, we can accommodate that too.

Why for you text and ask for names?  That can make you trouble in some places.
And why for you have a phone number that looks like a business?  Data collection business? Your story smells.

This has gotten absurd. I've posted under the name "calm down" and "that's me." If I receive an unsolicited call from somebody who does not leave a message, I will often text to ask who they are. That's all that is happening here. I think you need therapy.

Interesting. Again, if I receive an unsolicited call from a number that I do not recognize, I will text the number to ask who the person is in order to find out if it is not a sales call/scam call/whatever. That won't get me in trouble, especially since I send one text. I don't know what it means for a phone number to "look like a business," so I can't respond to the rest of your comment.

No.  You are guilty as all get out.  Posting under multiple names shows me that part of you knows what you are doing is morally questionable.  Did you read the first post?  You have been texting the wrong people, and you just blow it off with your crime fighter justification?  I would think as sensible person would re-think their strategy, but you are a child and want to hit stuff.

- You are harassing people and asking for personal info that YOU have NO right to.
- You are no better than whoever is calling or texting YOU.  Two wrongs do not make a right.
- Did you ever consider the numbers you are calling might be spoofed?  And that you are calling strangers who have nothing to do with this matter.
    Your justification as a some crime fighter or force of justice is absurd.  You are angry and vengeful, and like a small child you are hitting back blindly, and wanting to hurt others the way you perceive you were hurt  And like a child, you fight with insults and accusations that make you feel better.  In your childish anger you do not see the cold damp fact that you are harassing people.  See that first post.  You have lost your way.   And you have NOW become what you profess to hate.

- btw - - If you don't want calls, why are you texting people you think are scammers?  Do you want ants?  This is how you get ants.  None of what you do makes sense, or works.  You are incapable of ratiocination.

This is like Gollum having a conversation with himself. (Cone of Shame eligible)

Dear Snowflake, you miss the point.  More justification of your need for mindless vengeance.   You are calling innocent people already, and asking for personal information you have NO right to.   What makes you worse is that you know it is wrong, you know you are making excuses and justifying your behavior:  You write:  "That won't get me in trouble". That translates as "I can get away with something that most people would see as wrong."
   How would you feel if YOU got a text out of the blue, or call asking for YOUR name?   You would go bug nuts.  Now backed into a corner, you will say 'no problem' but that is a lie.  You did get calls like that and you did not like it, you got mad,  and that is how you first lost your way.  And now you are Them.
   You are harming others and hiding behind some your snowflake sense specialness.  Not "getting in trouble" is NOT the same as doing what is right.  "Not getting in trouble" is not much of a moral code.  Where is you sense of right and wrong?  "The scammers did it, so it OK for me to do it?"   Does that make sense to you?  Would you teach that to a child?
   You are in the wrong.  I think you are breaking the law.  You do that c**p where I live and you would be. I think it is actionable and I would move against you in a heartbeat.  More irony I suppose.

What you're doing is called 'phishing'

Tell me how many numbers you have been calling?  If 2 people posted here saying they got your calls/texts, that suggests you have been active well beyond 2 calls.

You refuse to get it.  What you are doing, what you have done is WRONG.  It is not made less wrong by the number of times you have or have not made calls.  Or if you have been caught out.   You are still looking for excuses and justification.  You admit you have been harassing people.  It is wrong, and depending on where you are, possibly illegal.

You are calling innocent people already, and asking for personal information you have NO right to.  

There is nothing you can post that changes that.  You are now a what most of us on this board would call a scammer.

You are still convinced that I am making harassing phone calls without considering the fact that nobody here has said so, or that if phone calls are being made from my number, somebody is spoofing my calls. The fact that you think a scammer would come onto this forum to attempt to allay people's fears is laughable.

You received one text message from me after I received a call from YOUR NUMBER. This would be funny if it weren't so pathetic. Honestly, if receiving a single unwanted text message is the worst part of your day, you have a really nice life, and I suggest you go enjoy it.

Oh, and thank you for the psychiatric evaluation. You can send me the bill in the mail.