[nmglug] Will curiosity kill my cat? What is this?

[Brian O'Keefe]

Wow, I have gotten nothing like that and I'm bugged. weird things have 
happened which I put out to the group a couple of years back but your 
stuff is really weird. Hope someone can figure out WTF it is.

Best

Brian

On 1/9/19 12:51 PM, Tom Ashcraft wrote:
> Hey NMGLUGers,
>
> This scenario is potentially a bit off-topic.  But I'm reaching out to you for
> discussion because I generally like to keep it local and deal with  people
> whom I might actually meet at some point, people with whom I might develop a
> degree of mutual understanding and personal investment.  Call it "community"
> if you like.
>
> After many years of resistance I recently broke down and acquired my first
> smart phone, a different service provider, and a new number.   Time to clean
> house, too much old information and random vulnerabilities floating around in
> the ether; lots of weird phishing and robo calls, etc.
>
> I am hooked but not enthusiastic about the new device (Moto G6, Ting).  Google
> and Android totally creep me out, but I think I've got that aspect as
> constrained as is reasonably possible.  (Synced Contacts being the really
> horrible, notable exception.)
>
> I'm keeping the old $10 Tracfone "feature phone" around until the renew date
> so I don't inadvertently cut off old friends and contacts I can't deal with in
> the near term.
>
> In the last couple of months I've received probably three very strange but
> similar text messages on the Tracfone.  Part of the reason I finally decided
> to make the switch.  This is the most recent:
>
> 1-400-200-501
>
> FRM:larryet
> MSG:
> http:///20kr.Du0.s.h.icu? ee2py neckas he drew short
>
> I don't dare type any of it into a browser.  Can anyone decode or explain it
> to me?  Is it some kind of hack or is it just kids on drugs or something?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>
>
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