Thursday, January 15, 2026

Better To Be Safe Than Sorry?

I try not to respond to texts from people I don't know, but just the day before it showed up I had spoken to someone who is in sales and said she visits St. Louis once a year.
Phone number deleted for privacy

However, I put her in my phone as a contact, so if the text was from her, her name should have popped up. I checked the area code the text came from, and it wasn't even close to where she lived.

I know that if it was a spam text any type of engagement back would verify my phone number was active, so I just deleted it. It felt impolite to not respond, but I figured it was better to be safe than sorry.

Five years ago: Welcome To The Future

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5 comments:

  1. 🌲 Debby January 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM

    I'm not as nice as you. If I don't recognize them I report it as junk and block them.

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  2. Debra She Who SeeksJanuary 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM

    ALWAYS better to be safe than sorry when dealing with unsolicited/unknown phone calls, texts and emails. Ordinary rules of politeness absolutely do not apply here.

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  3. StrayerJanuary 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM

    Darn scammies are so clever and relentless.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM

    Very good -so many scams -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

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  5. TerraJanuary 15, 2026 at 10:09 PM

    I ignore and delete if I don't recognize the number. Once in a while if I am interested I type the full phone number into a search engine (like duckduckgo.com) and it may say who it is from or if it is spam.

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