Texting the phone numbers in the scammers ad's does nothing but add your phone number to their data base. What they use this info for I'll never know...seems worthless to me.
These scammers don't actually have a real cell phone they talk & text on like everyone else.
They use a computer program to generate a fake area code and phone number that actually routes directly to their computer. They have multiple "cell phone" phone numbers they use at any given time that aren't real phone numbers.
If you have interest and some extra time on your hands, CALL one of these fake numbers using a REAL HOUSE PHONE that doesn't allow text messaging. The scammers are at a disadvantage when they can't play text games.