Scams and Scammers

Scammers Are Getting Provocative, and It’s Scary

This is both a personal narrative and a PSA

Image by author of part of the scamming text sequence

I thought I was a fairly savvy detector of scams, but this one revealed that I’m still several steps behind. Here’s what happened.

I was watching an NBA playoff game online when a text arrived from an unknown number. In itself…