“Someone complemented you” text messages

[cyinne]

Has anybody been getting these text messages from numbers you don’t know saying “Someone complemented you!”? Also on the text message it wants you to download what seems to be an app. I get them every few days and just got 2 of them within a couple minutes- the area codes are from the United States the ones I just got one was from nw Alabama and the other was from western Washington. My wife has got a few of them too.
I just go in and block the caller and delete the text. Is there anything else I can do to prevent this? It has become super annoying.

I attached a screenshot of the actual texts I get-

 

[RunninMan]

Has anybody been getting these text messages from numbers you don’t know saying “Someone complemented you!”? Also on the text message it wants you to download what seems to be an app. I get them every few days and just got 2 of them within a couple minutes- the area codes are from the United States the ones I just got one was from nw Alabama and the other was from western Washington. My wife has got a few of them too.
I just go in and block the caller and delete the text. Is there anything else I can do to prevent this? It has become super annoying.

I attached a screenshot of the actual texts I get-

I've had 3 in the last week. I had just assumed it was an app that I downloaded that was spamming me but apparently not.

 

[srjclone]

I've had one, and done the delete and block. Not sure how else to go about it. Getting that many would be annoying, though.

 

[isufbcurt]

I figured it was just fans of my Chip N Dale work researching me to compliment me.

 

[NorthCyd]

I figured it was just fans of my Chip N Dale work researching me to compliment me.

 

[thatguy]

its some new social media app, that when someone downloads their contacts into, everyone gets that text message. If you google it, its the name of the app, i just don't feel like taking the time to do it right now. Just delete and block. I guess you can respond or something and they will take you off the list, but i'm sure that just puts you on another list.

 

[cyinne]

its some new social media app, that when someone downloads their contacts into, everyone gets that text message. If you google it, its the name of the app, i just don't feel like taking the time to do it right now. Just delete and block. I guess you can respond or something and they will take you off the list, but i'm sure that just puts you on another list.

So short of changing my phone number this will probably be happening for a while?

 

[thatguy]

So short of changing my phone number this will probably be happening for a while?

I blocked the number and haven't had one in awhile. So either no one is complimenting me (impossible), or that worked.

 

[1100011CS]

This is the app: https://www.irl.co/
And according to this: https://www.deseretnews.com/article...ng-your-phone-heres-what-you-should-know.html if you reply 'NO' to any text from it, you will not get another.

 

[Cycsk]

How can I stop the phone calls from "Susie" who wants to help me with my credit card or student loan debt? These calls usually come from a pirated Ames mobile phone number. Often, I will click the "Can't answer now" automatic message reply and then sometimes get a reply from the real owner of the number asking "who is this?" Very annoying to both of us.

 

[isufbcurt]

How can I stop the phone calls from "Susie" who wants to help me with my credit card or student loan debt? These calls usually come from a pirated Ames mobile phone number. Often, I will click the "Can't answer now" automatic message reply and then sometimes get a reply from the real owner of the number asking "who is this?" Very annoying to both of us.

Tell them the person they are calling for died. I did that a couple times and they quit.

 

[Cycsk]

Tell them the person they are calling for died. I did that a couple times and they quit.

Really? I was afraid that I would be on their robo-call list forever, if I ever actually talked to someone in person. But maybe even scammers don't want to waste time trying to reach a dead person. I may try that next time I get a call.

 

[isufbcurt]

Really? I was afraid that I would be on their robo-call list forever, if I ever actually talked to someone in person. But maybe even scammers don't want to waste time trying to reach a dead person. I may try that next time I get a call.

Yeah I just hung up for a long time, then got sick of it and told them the person was dead. I did it in a choked up voice for effect.

 

[CySmurf]

I figured it was just fans of my Chip N Dale work researching me to compliment me.

On how well you cleaned the floor and got the stickiness out You mean?

 

[NetflixAndClone]

I’m pretty sure that means someone likes your AshleyMadison account.

 

[Rabbuk]

I ignore all that **** because I assume if I take any action they confirm its an active number and sell my number to other lists. I assume they just robocall random numbers till they get a real one.