text messages are things where people who know us. >> yes. brian: now getting more strangers text us. >> they act like they are very familiar. they act like they know you. and you get fooled. it's very brilliant. get trapped right into it. ainsley: this might be an old friend that is trying to get in touch with me. >> they are honest about it way getting around loopholes in the law prevents campaigns from sending giant spam messages from machines. instead of volunteers getting on the phone banks to call individually, they have volunteers in a room that are sending individual text messages which are permitted. steve: if you would like more information on how to stop it, go to cyberguy.com. kurt just posted that. >> thank you. ainsley: hey, brian. brian: goodbye, get rid of her. steve: straight ahead on this friday, the economy is booming under president trump. just how bad is that for democrats in the mid terms? a debate is coming up in the next hour. brian: plus, geraldo rivera will be here. and then we will bring in stuart varney separately