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Maybe, but I get several texts a week (Telegram, SMS, etc) from what are very obvious scams of these types. The classic: "Are you still picking me up from the airport? Oh, this isn't Natasha's phone? <picture of (presumably) AI-generated Asian lady>."

I guess it's possible that they're making an erroneous assumption based on my last name, but I'm not Chinese.





I get a lot of those too! I’ve wondered where they come from. I got one today that just said “where are you now?”. Pretty weird.

/not Chinese either, about as stereotypical white guy from Texas as possible


how do you distinguish one in Myanmar from one in the Philippines?



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