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1
This would have been a good post to read earlier this morning. Now it just seems like a third-rate afterthought compared to Clinton and Amazon.
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On the plus side, whoever is threatening you with God's Wrath™ probably drives a pickup truck. You don't see too many pickup trucks in Seattle, so you'll know it's coming!
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@2: There are tons of pickup trucks in Seattle.
4
This is nothing new. I get text messages from people I never met at places I never went to.

example: "Hello hows ur day #iluvu" or "borekatove lalayitove ! hi bill will stop by this morning" or "Heyaaa"
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After being Catholic, I don't listen to anyone who claims to speak for God or tells me what I am or am not.

Other than that, it could be some script kiddie out that way who found a way to text-spam people and thought it would be funny to spam Seattlites with pseudo-religious messages. I haven't received nor heard of anything similar. Will let you know if I do.
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@5: Thanks.

@4: There is the chance that it's just a wrong number, but the lack of specificity seemed weird. Usually these sorts of Christians are very upset about something in particular, and there's no mention about a specific sin in these texts.
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At least they cared enough to write, right? Or maybe that's what's creepy-- the thought that someone *cared* enough to write.. Either way, I think you're safe, both from online stalkers and the Lord Alimighty.
8
Pretty sure it's from Jeff Bezos
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@6: Did you try a reverse phone lookup? Sometimes a Google search is enough to tell you if that number is spamming a lot of people. Search for something like "text from 123-555-5555".
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The 'null' bit at the end of the first one leads me to think it's a bot.
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Kansas City, MO...

Isn't that home to IHOP? The church not the pancake?
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Fonefinder.net will identify which telecom company owns the number as well as to which city and state it is assigned.

However, in the modern era of mobile phones and porting numbers, anyone can be anywhere with a number registered to anyplace.

Do not call the number, though, because if it is a script kiddie they will have succeeded in getting you to verify a good number and identifying yourself to them. Of course, publishing it on the Slog in such a timely manner may have already accomplished both tasks.

Sigh.

Hopefully, you can block spam texts as more may now be in your future.
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#12 (Cont'd)

For everyone who doesn't know...

Never reply to this type of text as it confirms your number and invites more spam texts.
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I've never not been Catholic and I don't listen to anyone who claims to speak for God or tells me what I am or am not.

But, I did get a text that read, "We have two bodies for Saturday that will be ready for you to DO (emphasis added) by 9am..."

I assumed they were referring to sartorial or cosmetic "doings" because that made me feel better about it all. I did not google the number.
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Has anyone else gotten texts that look like these? Or is God communicating via semi-literate text messages these days?

God has always communicated via semi-literate messages. Texting them is just His/Her way of keeping up with the times.
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Oh, you know, you always think it's going to be God and then it's just a little devil.
17
Go easy on God. English isn't His first language, y'know.
18
Unsolicited texting is bad enough, but face it -- it's only a matter of time before God gets his hands on a drone and starts peeking in your apartment window.

Please wait...

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