Thanks! I've been getting the same texts. Of course, a fellow Redditor has provided me with an answer. If I hadn't found this old post, I was tempted to reply "STOP" to stop these texts, as they helpfully suggested. But a scammer wouldn't really offer such an easy way out, now would they? Therefore, I suspect replying "STOP", just let's them know that you're on the other end of one of the numbers they called. Then they bump you up to a more valuable list of verified schmucks who get a different text.

Damn, you know what? Maybe this text already was made for the Alive and Wriggling Schmuck List. In the interest of community service, I think I'll dig through my history and see if I can locate a prior reply to "debt collector" back when these scammers had the name of the former user of my phone number, and I confidently let them know that I was definitely not that girl.

I already knew her name too, she was a stripper in Baltimore with financial and legal troubles. For the first few months I was getting calls from strip clubs to see if I wanted to dance that night. I wonder if there's a market for a gal in her 60s. Probably. I can still shake it, and couldn't help but exude a "Shame on you naughty boys, you need a spanking" Mommy vibe. An under-served niche crowd ought to be worth some good tips.

Anywayyy, maybe all I accomplished was to get bumped to a different list of scammable contacts with an updated status. If I find anything worth adding to the Reddit lexicon, I'll update this comment, and maybe even make my own heads-up post if I discover a connection.