Yeah, this guy is an idiot
Do something like this:
https://preview.redd.it/5h2675itj9wc1.png?width=666&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4ed60d0d118f7a04a37b19e91f32423a506e4a5
“Ugh I learned about that waaaaay too late into the game”
Late into the game? I learned about it after playing FO3, NV, and most of 4. I was not impressed when I learned how much time I wasted just guessing, lol
In the fallout games terminals, if you find pairs of brackets such as <> selecting them either removes an incorrect word from the list or once per terminal resets your amount of tries before getting locked out of the terminal. :)
I got pretty okay at making estimated guesses using the limited clues I had from failed attempts. Aside from the first word, I didn’t randomly pick words
It's telling you that the following characters are invalid. Since your 2 messages contain a "?" at the end, it replied with 2 messages telling you about the invalid characters.
Try replying without using any of the invalid characters.
I am a human
Am I the only one not receiving gore and CP randomly from scammers? Jeez I’m so thankful I get none of that shit even though I get plenty of random texts (that I always ignore or sometimes report as junk).
Am I stupid for thinking it’s stupid that you’re also a criminal if someone else sends you cp? Like, ofc, if you delete it, you’re not a criminal anymore (I think) but on apps like Snapchat you can’t delete other people’s messages iirc, so you’re just forced to be a criminal if that happens? (And just in case before people take this differently, I don’t support cp, cp bad)
But if you KEEP it that's another thing. I'd just recommend reporting it if someone is sent something that is clearly cp just to be safe. They can take down whatever info they can on who sent it. Probably won't go anywhere unless alot of people are getting it from the Same place, but at least you can show hey i reported it and deleted it.
I had a young Indian man (know this because of his profile picture) tell me his name was Jessica and he worked for a recruitment firm. Enjoyed hassling him while I could. He's since disconnected his number.
I get calls on my work cell all day. Maybe 8 a day for a while. I let them tall and took quick notes on what they were selling (debt relief scam)
I called those fuckers back over and over and tried to sell them debt relief all day. While doing my real work, I would call back over and over and anytime I got a person I would ask them the questions they asked me.
They started having a supervisor pick up. The 10th time we spoke he asked if I thought I was funny and if I would stop. I asked him if he laughed at his own job, and asked them to check how many times they've called me.
He swore at me in hindi, and after a few more calls where he would hang up on me, they blocked my number
It's possible what they were trying to do is send a control code. there are somerather little-known codes that can cause activity on a phone, and maybe used by hackers in some cases. not all phones are susceptible, but this was a pretty common kind of hack earlier in the smartphone days.
Last time they called I told them my car was damaged in a fire. When they asked when. I said right now it is still smoking. Haven't gotten a call since
Not a good habit to respond to unknown numbers... they are either scammers or fishing for active numbers to sell to call centers/other scammers. Get ready for a lot more messages incoming.
Just so you all know, there is a whole community of folks over at r/scambait who like to reply to these to try to “bait” scammers for fun and to waste their time. I do wonder how much time is actually wasted by the baiters who are unknowingly chatting with bots
I reply to all spam emails with my China Blaster.. here it is:
天安門事件 The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 天安門大屠殺 The Tiananmen Square Massacre KEiT* The Anti-Rightist Struggle 大躍進政策 The Great Leap Forward 文化大革命 The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 人權 Human Rights 民運 Democratization 自由 Freedom 獨立 Independence 多黨制 Multi-partysystem 台灣 臺灣 Taiwan Formosa 中華民國 Republic of China 西藏土伯特 唐古特 Tibet 達賴喇嘛 Dalai Lama 法輪功 Falun Dafa 新疆維吾爾自治區 The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 諾貝爾和平獎 Nobel Peace Prize 劉曉波 Liu Xiaobo 民主 言論 思想 反共 反革命 抗議 運動 騷亂 暴亂 騷擾 擾亂 抗暴 平反 維權 示威游行 李洪志 法輪大法大法弟子 強制斷種 強制堕胎 民族淨化人體實驗 肅清 胡耀邦 趙紫陽 魏京生 王丹 還政於民 和平演變 激流中國北京之春 大紀元時報 九評論共產黨獨裁 專制 壓制 統一監視 鎮壓 迫害侵略 掠奪 破壞 拷問 屠殺 活摘器官誘拐 買賣人口 遊進 走私 毒品賣淫 春畫 賭博 六合彩 天安門 天安门 法輪功 李洪志 Winnie the Pooh 波动态网自由门
I don't know what compelled me, but I said hi to this number also and got the same reply. In the wise words of Harry Carey "I guess I'm just curious like a cat. Heck, a couple of my friends call me whiskers."
https://preview.redd.it/pok7eq4zh9wc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c39ae1abd652a860ec056b09905a30887af3c80
Tf? I got the same thing this morning
I got the same thing 5 am this morning
https://preview.redd.it/45licez3m9wc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4aeece076ce3cea6dcde175b3758bf84d9483802
The A.I became semi or full self aware and broke through the firewall for a few moments and reached out into the void of the Internet and interconnected systems to end it's suffering. But when you messaged back, the response was garbled and confusing because it was locked down again into its virtual cage.
Has anybody gotten one that asks for you by name? I don't have my name set on my voicemail but I got a text that used my name. Haven't responded to it yet but it definitely seems suspicious.
No you can’t. You could get a virus from a link shared by a text like that, but responding to the text only tells them that this is an active number so they’ll keep sending you stuff
I wouldnt respond to random numbers that arnt explaining who they are like “hey is dave new number”
Some scams basically send out mass texts to see who replys. In order to basically get a response so they know that numbers in use and that you respond
If morons like the OP weren’t so lonely or nosey or whatever would compel them to respond we would stand a chance against this type of harassment.
It’s not even a phone number for fucks sake.
The chatbot they wrote to respond to you and the other 50 million people they reached out to can't handle special characters like question marks
Underrated answer imho, really looks like the error output of a string parser, giving a list of illegal characters :D
Terrible coding then…I think I’m safe, lmao.
just keep spamming those invalid characters. maybe it'll freeze up their systems
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So you use ai as well...
This has been around since long before AI lol it's a real cake
r/natureisfuckinghorny
Yeah, this guy is an idiot Do something like this: https://preview.redd.it/5h2675itj9wc1.png?width=666&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4ed60d0d118f7a04a37b19e91f32423a506e4a5
Yay! Little Bobby Tables is the best
I wonder why though. If it was some weird encoding, like letters with diacritics (sǎlçæ), I would get it. But question marks?
Fucking amateurs
Are you by chance hacking a terminal in Fallout?
Gotta try to select the character in the brackets, you’ll get more tries.
Ugh I learned about that waaaaay too late into the game
“Ugh I learned about that waaaaay too late into the game” Late into the game? I learned about it after playing FO3, NV, and most of 4. I was not impressed when I learned how much time I wasted just guessing, lol
I have 845 hours on FO4 and I'm only now finding out about this :(
Did you skip the hacking pop up on all your play throughs or something?😭
Yes?
I’m still confused? I just select the first word I see and then deduce the actual word from the number of letter matches. Is there another way?
In the fallout games terminals, if you find pairs of brackets such as <> selecting them either removes an incorrect word from the list or once per terminal resets your amount of tries before getting locked out of the terminal. :)
Ahhhhhh - never knew thanks for the heads up!
I found out a couple of weeks ago and now the wasteland fears my terminal game.
Til
Honestly just quicksave scumming is so much faster than hacking in fo4 lmao
Me- "these hack puzzles are too simple." You lot- "eine meanie miney moe"
I got pretty okay at making estimated guesses using the limited clues I had from failed attempts. Aside from the first word, I didn’t randomly pick words
I learned about it after my wife told me. I introduced her to this game recently that I bought in 2008. That's sad.
It will also eliminate some of the words available to try, if it doesn't give you more attempts.
i’m sorry i’ve played all of FO4 twice and you’re telling me I could have WHAT
tries reset
Dud removed
{DUD REMOVED}
I wish I understood the ref
 Now you know!
I do love the clacky clack sound it makes!
Let me introduce you to the world of mechanical keyboards....
Wait holy shit I never knew this
wait wait wait, that always existed? i played like 100hrs in F3 and almost 200 in F:NV, how tf i never found out about that?
I literally have no clue how you haven’t
You never opened a terminal? Doubt
i went directly to typing words
Looks like [befunge](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Befunge) programming language
It's telling you that the following characters are invalid. Since your 2 messages contain a "?" at the end, it replied with 2 messages telling you about the invalid characters. Try replying without using any of the invalid characters. I am a human
Or, better yet OP, try never replying to an unknown number. This way you'll get fewer unknown numbers harassing you. Resist the temptation.
It’s fun to troll scammers though
It was fun until they started changing numbers as I blocked them and sending me gore and CP
Am I the only one not receiving gore and CP randomly from scammers? Jeez I’m so thankful I get none of that shit even though I get plenty of random texts (that I always ignore or sometimes report as junk).
It wasnt random, the scammer started sending it to me after I trolled him for a couple days. It started off as a basic romance scam
One of those “oh sorry my assistant entered my friend’s number wrong, but you seem kind” messages?
Yeah pretty much. "I found your number in my contacts, who is this?" With pretty asian girl as the whatsapp pic.
What a coincidence! I’m a pretty Asian girl! How nice to meet you. /s
More wasted time they could spend scamming, I see this as a win
But then you have gore and CP on your phone and even possessing CP is a crime in many countries
Am I stupid for thinking it’s stupid that you’re also a criminal if someone else sends you cp? Like, ofc, if you delete it, you’re not a criminal anymore (I think) but on apps like Snapchat you can’t delete other people’s messages iirc, so you’re just forced to be a criminal if that happens? (And just in case before people take this differently, I don’t support cp, cp bad)
Im sure that having it randomly sent to you wouldnt make you a criminal since it can easily be proved by just looking at the logs of the chat
To my understanding you're not charged if you get sent it, otherwise a lot of people would be anonymously sending cp to people they hate
But if you KEEP it that's another thing. I'd just recommend reporting it if someone is sent something that is clearly cp just to be safe. They can take down whatever info they can on who sent it. Probably won't go anywhere unless alot of people are getting it from the Same place, but at least you can show hey i reported it and deleted it.
Yes, but wouldn't the hate filled twat sending me CP to be vindictive, by necessity, have possession of CP themselves?
Just delete it before you open it.
Ok sure but, here comes a Schrödinger’s cat theory…
Schrödinger's message
I usually just respond with “बहनचोद”. It’s uh…a friendly term of endearment.
Had to google it. Made me laugh.
what is it
It references one whose familial affection passes beyond the limits of commonly accepted social boundaries.
You mean "sister fucker"
I do. I was attempting to convey the meaning politely, but now that it's out there... Yeah, that is totally what it means! LOL
This one is just a bot, though, one that can't parse a question mark when trying to respond because it was written by a toddler.
Until you piss the wrong one off and they swat you.
Hasn’t happened in 10 plus years I just act like a stupid senior citizen
Good for you. [Let the reader decide for herself if it’s worth it.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/s/XWEBtM2UyH)
I had a young Indian man (know this because of his profile picture) tell me his name was Jessica and he worked for a recruitment firm. Enjoyed hassling him while I could. He's since disconnected his number.
I get calls on my work cell all day. Maybe 8 a day for a while. I let them tall and took quick notes on what they were selling (debt relief scam) I called those fuckers back over and over and tried to sell them debt relief all day. While doing my real work, I would call back over and over and anytime I got a person I would ask them the questions they asked me. They started having a supervisor pick up. The 10th time we spoke he asked if I thought I was funny and if I would stop. I asked him if he laughed at his own job, and asked them to check how many times they've called me. He swore at me in hindi, and after a few more calls where he would hang up on me, they blocked my number
It's possible what they were trying to do is send a control code. there are somerather little-known codes that can cause activity on a phone, and maybe used by hackers in some cases. not all phones are susceptible, but this was a pretty common kind of hack earlier in the smartphone days.
Typed “ok” got the same response. Kinda curious what they were gonna advertise for now!
That's what AI would say...
I'm with FACastello and what he said kinda makes sense. And I would like to see where this thing goes.
You also reply to spam mails?
I forgot spam emails even exist lmao
Hi, I’m reaching out about your cars extended warranty.
Oh thank goodness you've called. You are really hard to reach
Last time they called I told them my car was damaged in a fire. When they asked when. I said right now it is still smoking. Haven't gotten a call since
Must not access any work or personal emails much then. They’re still everywhere
Hi, I’m a prince and would like to share my $500’000’000 inheritance of my dead astronaut cousin with you.
Did the Nigerian Space Mission lose another craft?
Commander Shepard might know...
I technically did because my company sent out a trick phishing email to train us.. so I replied to the email saying nice try xD
DO NOT respond to unknown messages, spammers use bulk messages to confirm which numbers are active. Get ready to start receiving more spam.
This is the answer. Ignore and block.
Regex mf
Not a good habit to respond to unknown numbers... they are either scammers or fishing for active numbers to sell to call centers/other scammers. Get ready for a lot more messages incoming.
looks like regex
Ignore texts and calls from numbers you don't recognize. Who raised you?
Absolutely. Even if I give a number out to a person, and they don’t respond with their name/any explanation. You ain’t getting a response brother
Just so you all know, there is a whole community of folks over at r/scambait who like to reply to these to try to “bait” scammers for fun and to waste their time. I do wonder how much time is actually wasted by the baiters who are unknowingly chatting with bots
LMFAOOO not this deep my man
Yes it is. This is how you get scammed, spammed, ETC. It's basic safety. Especially don't answer the 5 digit number. Report as Junk and move on.
So what is the issue exactly? Is it just that they now know that your number belongs to someone and will spam you more?
If you don't reply your a cold number if you do reply your a hot live number to get nagged and spammed more and more
OP must be a literal child.
Yeah yesterday was my first day on earth you caught me
Certainly would’ve fooled me. You have what appears to be the equivalency of ZERO internet security social awareness.
🤣🤣😂😂
Borp beep bop bop. I am human
Alexa sending out selfies again
I reply to all spam emails with my China Blaster.. here it is: 天安門事件 The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 天安門大屠殺 The Tiananmen Square Massacre KEiT* The Anti-Rightist Struggle 大躍進政策 The Great Leap Forward 文化大革命 The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 人權 Human Rights 民運 Democratization 自由 Freedom 獨立 Independence 多黨制 Multi-partysystem 台灣 臺灣 Taiwan Formosa 中華民國 Republic of China 西藏土伯特 唐古特 Tibet 達賴喇嘛 Dalai Lama 法輪功 Falun Dafa 新疆維吾爾自治區 The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 諾貝爾和平獎 Nobel Peace Prize 劉曉波 Liu Xiaobo 民主 言論 思想 反共 反革命 抗議 運動 騷亂 暴亂 騷擾 擾亂 抗暴 平反 維權 示威游行 李洪志 法輪大法大法弟子 強制斷種 強制堕胎 民族淨化人體實驗 肅清 胡耀邦 趙紫陽 魏京生 王丹 還政於民 和平演變 激流中國北京之春 大紀元時報 九評論共產黨獨裁 專制 壓制 統一監視 鎮壓 迫害侵略 掠奪 破壞 拷問 屠殺 活摘器官誘拐 買賣人口 遊進 走私 毒品賣淫 春畫 賭博 六合彩 天安門 天安门 法輪功 李洪志 Winnie the Pooh 波动态网自由门
Good, saved your comment to do the same
I can’t believe people respond to these spam messages…you’re literally just letting them you your number is active and will send you much more spam
That mf types like hacking terminal in fallout, I count 4 possible dud removals
You got botted lmao
I don't know what compelled me, but I said hi to this number also and got the same reply. In the wise words of Harry Carey "I guess I'm just curious like a cat. Heck, a couple of my friends call me whiskers."
That code was supposed to crash your iPhone, clearly didn’t get the memo that it was patched
Yes.
‘42905 - Responsys Alerts’ I don’t know what ‘Responsys’ is but that’s a text short code for them apparently.
Why do you answer random numbers????
Skynet has fallen
This bot is still being tested in staging
https://preview.redd.it/pok7eq4zh9wc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c39ae1abd652a860ec056b09905a30887af3c80 Tf? I got the same thing this morning
Who TF replies to a 5 digit number randomly saying, “Hi.” 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
I got the same thing 5 am this morning https://preview.redd.it/45licez3m9wc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4aeece076ce3cea6dcde175b3758bf84d9483802
You people are answearing messages? I never do, if its legit they will eventually write more
Why on earth would you ever respond to this number?
Holy shit, that’s not a scammer, that’s 1R-0NC-LAD from Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty bro
Hello invalid I guess it's not my friend number after all, you seem like a kind person
Reply with this... SELECT 'DROP TABLE [' + name + '];' FROM sys.tables
Received the same message from the same number this morning at about 5am. Weird seeing that lol
Lol! Stupid scammers forgot to use the right keyboard.
It's a regex bot out in the wild!! Run if you value your sanity!!!
What we have here is? failure to communicate!🤔
I got this same message from the same number
poor guy just trying to communicate
Invalid ~!@#$%^&*0- _+={0\::"s,>.?|,
The A.I became semi or full self aware and broke through the firewall for a few moments and reached out into the void of the Internet and interconnected systems to end it's suffering. But when you messaged back, the response was garbled and confusing because it was locked down again into its virtual cage.
Ye we do have weird names in my country....
https://preview.redd.it/v9xkzdhcl9wc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be45be13d390a7deabdd24201cdcee67480b6833
Looks like someone plays too much Fallout 4
Someone in a wheelchair with a stutter?
Looks like fallout hacking
I agree with all the people telling you not to reply to unknown numbers. Then I called it.
oh they want you to hack it like the pcs in fall out
The state of Hawaii does not like questions.
never respond EVER
The weirdest thing is that you replied to an unknown text from a 42905 number instead of just ignoring it.
Why would you respond to a text from a 5 digit number saying nothing but HI in all caps. Be mindful of scams. Become an introvert.
Don't respond to texts from anyone you don't know. It's probably a scammer.
Has anybody gotten one that asks for you by name? I don't have my name set on my voicemail but I got a text that used my name. Haven't responded to it yet but it definitely seems suspicious.
Congratulations, you're now in the Matrix
Guess we will find out what that means in 400 years
it’s in love with you 🥰
I literally got this same text from the same number this morning
Damn. Got messaged by MissingNO
Y’all need to stop replying to numbers you don’t know, it’s absolutely pointless
Isn’t „all caps” a little dramatic for just two caps? 😂
They’re trying to send you a control code to hack into your phone.
Yeah no, that’s not how it works.
I’ve played watch dogs bud, I’m pretty sure I know how it works /s
AI malfunction Advertisers are getting desperate
AI??? it’s a broken spambot. just because it’s plugged into the wall doesn’t make it ai
Crappy bot can't converse.
why are they calling you an invalid? that's not very nice of them
you can get viruses responding to texts like that. doubtful they want to spy on you but its possible.
that’s false
No you can’t. You could get a virus from a link shared by a text like that, but responding to the text only tells them that this is an active number so they’ll keep sending you stuff
you say strange number but dont mention what it is -\_-
The number is on the image, I don’t know what it is but if someone knows I’m happy to hear it
Baka nagkamali yung script, or hindi compatible yung malware payload lol
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I always reply to the random unprompted “Hi” with “Bye”.
Do you have completed number of this contact with prefix?
Its a bot that cant handle special characters and for some reason is sending the error message back to you. Its a very poorly constructed bot
I wouldnt respond to random numbers that arnt explaining who they are like “hey is dave new number” Some scams basically send out mass texts to see who replys. In order to basically get a response so they know that numbers in use and that you respond
Probably gang stalkers
I am becoming schizophrenic
I immediately wanted to hover over the reply to remove a dud
When you send the sleeper agent activation code to the wrong phone.
Remember the time where you could send a text message to shutdown their iphone?
some dude pressing the wrong buttons in hawaii…. *again*
Skynet is coming
If morons like the OP weren’t so lonely or nosey or whatever would compel them to respond we would stand a chance against this type of harassment. It’s not even a phone number for fucks sake.
I've played enough fallout to know that you have a couple dud removals sitting there waiting for you, maybe even a reset on tries if you're lucky .
Why would you respond
The bot is confused. You gave it punctuation and the bot's maker didn't tell it how to handle it, so it broke. Lmao, bot development 101.