# WTF...TEXT MESSAGE? ??

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-text-message/40023>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 10, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-text-message/40023 "2007-12-10T02:17:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-text-message/40023/16 "2007-12-10T14:19:08Z")

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I got one for the first time the other night. I’m not sure how they got my number or if its a brute force.

It’s a pump & dump spam attempt, like Viper explained. Most people aren’t dumb enough to base their investments on a random misspelled text message but there must be a few that fall for it, otherwise this type of spam wouldn’t exist.

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