Down the Text-Scam Rabbit Hole
Slate News
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The scam du jour arrives via a text message, offering you a job. What happens when you accept?
Guest: Alex Sammon, Slate features writer.
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| 0:00.0 | If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time. |
| 0:02.8 | We'll be on it all the time. |
| 0:04.1 | He could walk to school by himself. She could see something, she shouldn't. He could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. They can access anything on the internet. They can access anything on the internet. So, should I give my kid a phone? Growing up with phones isn't always easy. Introducing EEE safer Sims. Sims that help moderate usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone. |
| 0:24.2 | Choose EECF. Growing up with phones isn't always easy. Introducing EEE safer sims. Sims that help moderate usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone. |
| 0:24.2 | Choose EEE safer sims. |
| 0:25.7 | Only on the UK's best network. |
| 0:27.5 | To verify best network see e.e.com. |
| 0:31.2 | Race the rudder. |
| 0:32.7 | Raise the sails. |
| 0:33.8 | Raise the sails. |
| 0:35.1 | Captain, an unidentified ship approaching. |
| 0:37.2 | Over. |
| 0:38.3 | Roger that. Wait. Roger that. |
| 0:39.3 | Wait, is that an enterprise sales solution? |
| 0:42.3 | Reach sales professionals, not professional sailors. |
| 0:45.3 | With LinkedIn ads, you can target the right people by industry, job title and more. |
| 0:49.3 | Start converting your B2B audience into high quality leads today. |
| 0:52.3 | Spend £200 on your first campaign and get a 200-pound |
| 0:55.2 | credit for the next one. Go to LinkedIn.com slash lead to claim your offer. Terms and conditions apply. |
| 1:05.5 | A few months ago, my slate colleague Alex Salmon got a text. You've probably gotten something similar. I feel like I get one of |
| 1:12.4 | these a week. The random number job recruiter text. It said, hi there, sorry to interrupt. I'm from Indeed. |
| 1:20.6 | We're currently recruiting remote product testers, US-based. The number that the text came from, |
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