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Aug 27, 2020 2020-08-27T22:22:55-05:00
Oct 26, 2020 2020-10-26T18:00:06-05:00

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I got a Matthews Surveys text message that came in today from 602-671-0014 and went as follows: "Hi, this is Beth, at Matthews Surveys. You have been randomly selected for a survey by text instead of calling. To begin are you (name redacted)?" My response: "Hi Beth. To prevent a possible phishing attempt, please provide me with your company's website, contact information (phone number and email). Thank you. Their response: Thanks for your time. Have a nice day. So I'm going with this as a phishing attempt. If you're a legitimate company, you should have no issue providing this to your "customers".

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Oct. 29, 2020 at 12:56 PM by an anonymous user from: Carson City, Nevada, United States

Got one from Anna today from a 725 area code. I replied and asked for all her contact info, company website, etc to prevent phishing attacks... and I got ghosted. lol. Dont waste your time with this c**p and these people.

Oct. 28, 2020 at 3:46 PM by an anonymous user from: Midland, Michigan, United States

Got the same from Anna in Michigan. Was a 734 number.

My response was a bunch of random questions to her...

I'm not expecting a response

Oct. 26, 2020 at 9:26 PM by an anonymous user from: Detroit, Michigan, United States

I got a text today stating Anne from Mathew survey. I blocked the #.

Oct. 27, 2020 at 1:26 PM by an anonymous user from: Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States

Anne just showed up in my texts, as well. Wish there was a place to report/forward these idiots.

Oct. 7, 2020 at 3:07 PM by info

Received the following scams:

From: 1 (407) 553-9875:

Hi, this is Beth, at Matthews Surveys. You have been randomly selected for a survey by text instead of calling. To begin are you Lisa Ponzio? Reply Stop to end

Lisa Ponzio:

Yes

From: 1 (407) 553-9875:

In November, there will be a general election to choose the next President of the United States and other offices. 1. Will you definitely vote. 2. Probably vote. 3. Is there a 50/50 chance you will vote. 4. Probably not vote. 5. Will you definitely not vote. or 6. Have you already voted in November's presidential election?

Sep. 29, 2020 at 3:51 PM by an anonymous user from: San Diego, California, United States

I have received multiples of this text starting in July. My number is from a completely different state from where I am residing today. All say the same things as above. Two times they have texted me using a number from the state I currently reside and then I just received another text from a completely other state that has no relevance to me. One time I replied with no I'm not "My real name" and they replied with. "Thank you for your time". IDK what to make of this other than it is annoying. I don't plan on giving any info.

Sep. 26, 2020 at 3:30 PM by an anonymous user from: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Just got the same text, asked where they got my number and they said from a registered voters list. Blocked.

Sep. 23, 2020 at 3:24 PM by an anonymous user from: Gilbert, Arizona, United States

I received this message from my native area code. This was the first tell-tale that this was a scam, as I see others here have different numbers. Got this text on 9/23/2020. I asked the same question the lady on this article did and got the same answer.

Sep. 18, 2020 at 4:57 PM by an anonymous user from: Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Received on my phone asking if I was my girlfriend.

This probably came from Rocket Mortgage as they are the only party that would have her on my number.

Sep. 18, 2020 at 1:31 PM by an anonymous user from: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

I got the same text from "Beth" on 9/18/20.

I wasn't quite as responsive as the commentor above, but I do believe "Beth" got my point.

Scammers everywhere these days!

Sep. 12, 2020 at 1:01 PM by an anonymous user from: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

I asked what this was and they didn’t respond so I blocked.

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