California – -(AmmoLand.com)- California Rifle & Pistol Association is receiving disturbing reports that California gun owners are receiving text messages on their personal phones claiming that today is the “last day” to get a CCW from their respective County Sheriff, along with a link to an application form. Be warned, this is a fraudulent claim!
At CRPA we have just been advised by numerous Sheriff’s offices across the state that there is a nationwide text message scam that has been targeting citizens with CCW permits.
Those targeted by this scam have received text messages alerting them that their permit needs to be renewed or changed and offers a link to provide the user’s information.
These text messages are being sent randomly from phone numbers to people across the entire nation.
DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
It appears this latest attack on California gun owners is nothing more than a ploy to obtain their personal information. To what end is unclear. If you receive this message, California Rifle & Pistol Association advises you to delete it off your phone and block the number from which it was sent.
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About California Rifle & Pistol Association
The California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA), founded in 1875, is a nonprofit membership and donor-supported organization with tens of thousands of members throughout California. We need you!
CRPA’s membership is comprised of a diverse cross-section of the general public including believers in the right to choose to own a gun to defend yourself and your family, competitive and recreational shooters, hunters, conservationists, gun safety experts, youth, women, police, prosecutors and defense attorneys, judges, firearm history and technology experts, coaches and trainers, families, and loving parents.
this is the bane of modern technology. i get a number of bogus/scam texts and emails from paypal, fedex, ups, amazon, email provider, apple. only thing you can do is not respond and don’t click on any link. if you are unsure, check the return email address or go to the website of the company and verify information. you can also report it to companies like apple when you get these scams. bottom line, verify everything.
The enemies of your liberty, speaking specifically of the Progressive New Left and their many front groups simply cannot win in the marketplace of ideas. They have to use schemes like false flags, the Rules for Radicals and outright lies to avoid a squared up debate. Fact and reason do not favor their conclusions nor do they support their prescriptions. As long as you and I, liberty loving people have any means to remain self reliant they cannot impose their will upon us. Your home, your means of making a living, your assets, your firearms are all means of remaining… Read more »
received two of them. How do they get cell phone numbers?
Sure, I’ll be certain to go to your website and send you the entire contents of my bank account. /s
How ironic: Ammoland posts an article about text spam and the first comment for the article is spam!
I have received several of these bogus texts. 210 area code.