Elizabeth Ayoola
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And what did I do?
I panicked.
Oh my God, how much do I owe?
How did this happen?
How do I pay it off?
They gave me a website that I should go to to pay the balance.
And then as I started inputting my information, I saw that they were asking for extremely sensitive information.
And that's when the red flags went off.
Something's not right here.
And luckily, I did not send any money there.
And I deleted kind of all that text thread and the website and everything.
That's right.
Another one that comes to mind, Sean, especially as you were talking about getting calls every week, I get texts every week.
Smishing is also a common scam people should be aware of.
So it's essentially when scammers use text messages to try to get you to click on links.
or provide sensitive information.
I personally get the job scam texts every week.
Sometimes I reply them and tell them that they need to go get a job and other times I report the scam.
Oh no, no, no.
Well, what about you, Sean?