Caller: Scammers and it was via text msg.

Everhopeful would-be Linkt scammers.
The number could be randomly generated, spoofed, or owned by them. Does anyone even care anymore?

Caller: Effwitted Linkt scammers.

The mobile number is possibly spoofed. Regardless, these are examples of life with less than two functioning brain cells - too stupid to reslise that Linkt does NOT send SMS msgs and NEVER includes a link. These fools think that just including the word '"linkt" in a supposedly secure nypertext markup link, they'll sound like the rool deal, doncha know. 🤪😂🤣
They're so stupid they'll just random mass texts to numbers they've accessed - especially from all those lowlifes who actually sell contact information - not even caring how many of these extortion attempts go to people who don't even have a car.
The question to ask here is not "why", but how they are doing what they do and why no tech expert or professional hacker appears able to think of a way to stop them. Vista ushered in the removal,of so, so many tools that were available on every PC.
Apart from aiding in protecting your compute a-holes and often assisting in finding a thief or scammer's location in minutes if they were using a computer, amongst countless other things; Vista was probably not just free but also the biggest and best advertising Apple could have ever hoped for..