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One of the Many Scams Impersonating the Trump Campaign.

/ Sarah Collins / Leave a comment

This text message is a scam.

Why do I believe this? By, looking at the domain registration on https://www.whois.com/whois. Most reputable sites would not have all of its data “REDATED FOR PRIVACY”.

They made the text message look very legit, by referencing my name, including a Contact card for a “Donald Trump”. From media reports he lives in Florida, after moving there from New York. Why would he have a cellphone for a Massachusetts area code?

Lastly, the text message makes little sense. “PLEASE” and “I’ll let you judge.”? Let me judge what? I would have to answer a survey for my answer to a question to change. Surveys, just want to gather more data about you to sell to other entities.

2022 Election Scam

/ Sarah Collins / 14 Comments

Below is another text I received on my phone. Yes, I believe that hackers have my phone number from the Dark Web. How? There are numerous companies that have my contact information and a several of the larger companies had data breaches, such as T-Mobile, CafePress, LinkedIn, Android, Facebook… Those were just in 2021.

+1 (386) 297-5094

Message from Donald Trump Jr. -> I can't lie to you guys. This election is going to be a tough one so it is REALLY important we hear from you. We need you to take the Official 2022 Nationwide Census. Take 2 mins and get it done: https://winitback2022.org/r.wr?id=JW0FCe4l

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This is why I believe it is a scam:

  1. The phone number: It a phone number, not a 5 digits text number. It has a +1 in from of the number. And, when I looked up the number it did not return a legitimate organization.
  2. The web site “winitback2022.org” was created on December 23, 2021.
  3. The web site is hosted by GoDaddy. Okay, that makes it appear to be more legitimate. But, the domains registrant’s contact information has been withheld.
  4. The domain was registered by: Domains By Proxy, LLC. If you look them up, you will find they have a very bad rating with the BBB (Better Business Bureau).
  5. Finally, there no Official 2022 Nationwide Census. The only official Census takes place every 10 years; 2000, 2010, 2020, 2030….

Again, don’t click any link in a text message. Don’t reply to a text message.

Next step, I will report it to GoDaddy as abuse.