Checked the actual list of recent viral texts and most of them are still pretty dumb when you read them closely. The "your account will be deleted in 24 hours" thing, the fake package delivery ones, the IRS ones, they all have weird grammar or a link that looks off if you just look at it for two seconds. Feels like people get scared first and read later, which is how these keep working. So yeah the wording gets a little better but its not like these scammers are geniuses, its just that fear makes us skip the part where we think. Honestly falling for one text is not that big a deal unless you actually clicked something or gave info, mostly you just feel dumb for a day and move on.

Man, I felt this in my soul. I did the exact same thing with my old truck, just trusting the pump gauge and the ol' thumb test, and my rear tires were bald on the inside edge before I even noticed. Turns out I was running like 10 low, which probably explains that weird vibration on the highway I kept ignoring. It's funny how something that costs less than a fast food meal can save you a set of tires and a headache you didn't even know you had.