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   Bill Horne to All   
   Spam Texts From Your Own Number? 'Bad Ac   
   31 Mar 22 02:57:53   
   
   From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   The wireless carrier said that it was working with the F.B.I. and the   
   Secret Service to investigate a recent wave of fraudulent messages,   
   but said the source did not appear to be Russian hackers.   
      
   The wireless carrier Verizon blamed "bad actors" on Wednesday for   
   thousands of spam text messages recently received by its customers and   
   said it was working with federal law enforcement agencies to try to   
   identify the source.   
      
   The telecom giant confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that its   
   customers had been targeted by the rogue texts offering them a free   
   gift, which were reported on Monday by The Verge, a technology news   
   website. Some users had reported being forwarded to Russian state   
   media sites when they clicked on links in the texts, but Verizon was   
   treating the texts as a more typical phishing scheme aimed at   
   defrauding consumers.   
      
   https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/business/spam-texts-verizon.html   
      
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