“Hi, I'm a Nigerian Prince, and my Dad, the King, was brutally assassinated by the opposition a number of years ago and this was his old number. I’m trying to r

“Hi, I'm a Nigerian Prince, and my Dad, the King, was brutally assassinated by the opposition a number of years ago and this was his old number. I’m trying to reactivate one of his old accounts as there are a lot of evidence that mean a lot to me in there. Any chance you could forward the signin texts you get so I can do that? I’d greatly appreciate it, and I’ll change the info as soon as I can so you stop getting spammed. Thank you for any help you can offer!” "Oh and I have $500 to sweeten the deal, just send me your bank deets." In seriousness, it is not impossible to envision a near future when it would be illegal to share TOTP codes or other secrets related to security/authentication. If someone is the target of your scam and shares these things, perhaps he can just be sued into the Stone Age by the allegedly dead grandfather with all the nice photos. I don't care how you sugar-coat your cutesy text messages, this sort of scheme sets off every social-engineering red flag possible. How rude, to ask a total stranger to share secrets. Many of these texts are explicit: "don't share this with anyone!"