>And you reply "new phone who dis" and they apologize and chat about unrelated things for weeks becoming your friend.

Or maybe, just maybe, you should rethink how much you actually KNOW someone who you've merely been texting with for a few weeks.

I wouldn't trust my closest friend giving me advice about making money, because his advice was an MLM. I sure as fuck am not taking financial advice from someone I have never met face to face. Even if they are legitimately letting me in on a way to make free money, it's probably unethical at best.