Spam / phishing messages on Signal

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#284089 30-Mar-2021 17:50

Two of my family have received this phishing message on Signal this afternoon:

[purported sending number deliberately obscured]

Apparently from two different +84 (Vietnam) numbers.

I'm amazed that this can even be done

Is there any way of reporting this kind of thing - I mean in a way that might conceivably produce a good result?

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#2684231 30-Mar-2021 18:19

Is it from another signal account, or just that your family are using signal to receive sms messages via signal?

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#2684239 30-Mar-2021 18:34

They appear to be from Signal accounts.

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#2684249 30-Mar-2021 18:45

Well blow me down if I didn't just get one myself!

Shame there is only "Block and Delete", not "Report, block and delete".

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#2684258 30-Mar-2021 18:58

Yeah, got one as well.

Mine actually had the Amazon logo as the profile picture & the name came through as AMAZON.

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#2684260 30-Mar-2021 19:03

ANglEAUT:

Yeah, got one as well.

Mine actually had the Amazon logo as the profile picture & the name came through as AMAZON.

Yeah, I got one the exact same as you describe - and I only installed Signal yesterday! Not a great first impression...

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#2684269 30-Mar-2021 19:24

Several threads on reddit about this - seems to be the same number from Vietnam and has being doing the rounds in Europe and across the ditch. Doesn't seem to be so prevalent in the States yet but has been going on for several months now.