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People in cities from across the United States have been receiving similar, strange text messages that all contain a picture of the same girl. Often, the message contains no additional text, but people later get a follow up text apologizing for texting the wrong number. The original sender then compliments them on being so nice for not responding rudely, and asks if they still want to chat. From there, the original sender tries to get a conversation going with the person who received the text....

After responding to random texts from unknown numbers, many people start to worry that they could have been hacked or a part of an online scam. When they first receive a text from a random phone number, some people’s first reaction is to kindly reply back “wrong number”. Other users like to send back funny responses to mess with the original sender. This is not always a good idea and leads to people being concerned that they are at risk of being hacked after the unknown phone number sends back strange or threatening text messages....

If you use email then you are already familiar with how spam and junk folders work. Whenever you receive an unwanted spam email, your inbox automatically moves the junk mail straight to the junk folder. When your inbox misses a junk email and fails to move it to the junk folder automatically, you can mark the email as spam yourself and move it to the junk folder. Over time, your inbox will get smarter and keep sorting more of the junk mail into the junk folder....

Yesterday I opened up my phone and noticed something really strange. I got a spam text message that came from my own phone number. People reported receiving texts that were almost identical to this one. You might have even gotten one too. The contents of these texts are nearly the same for everyone: a message that your bill for March was paid and a free gift with a link attached at the bottom....

It’s been a while since the last Dont Text update, but the wait is officially over. This week, version 1.3.4 of Dont Text was released on the App Store. So head on over to a local App Store near you and download or update to the latest version of Dont Text. Now, let’s talk about what’s new in this version: iOS 15 Support This update brought support for iOS 15 to Dont Text....