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3 edits | [Scam] Apple scam I've just received a txt message on my phone:
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Congratulations, your number has made you Apple's Winner! Goto hxxp://www.apple.com.au.smtk.cc and enter code: 5949 to claim your free Apple product!
An Apple Ipad....
Except it seems the dns suggests the USA then Russia.....
Do you good people want to help sort it, seems according to Whirlpool forums it's a scam, you will see a charge....I was seeing download traffic but nothing alerted to any virus etc..
»forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1957241
»forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1956931
It's been forwarded.
Excuse the outside forum link, it was just to confirm this is happening. Delete if you consider me breaking forum rules, as I am aware of that rule.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke
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| you may want to reply "stop", otherwise, you will end up with a montly charge on your cell bill from these things. the fact that its asking you to go to a web site is a distraction to the fact that it is a "company" trying to add a premium service onto your cell phone bill. |
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| I went to the site via my computer, not my phone, I would think this might help a little.
As it is a business phone, I've passed on the info and also reported it via the same mobile to the authorities. Not a lot more can be done.
Why do you think replying "stop" will fix it? That would still alert the scammers your phone is a working and legit phone number.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke
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| said by norwegian:I went to the site via my computer, not my phone, I would think this might help a little.
As it is a business phone, I've passed on the info and also reported it via the same mobile to the authorities. Not a lot more can be done.
Why do you think replying "stop" will fix it? That would still alert the scammers your phone is a working and legit phone number.
it may look like an attempt to get you to go to a site, but it could also be a bill pumping scam. Look up "jawa v Verizon wireless". They would send out texts just like that, and when the user didnt respond with "stop", they would add a $10 or $15 per month "premium" service onto the bill. Also, they know its a live line already, because when you text a number that cannot receive texts or is disconnected, you get an "undeliverable" response from your carrier. |
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| I will look it up. I wasn't aware of a "stop" function but this link suggests a stop function is not good?
»www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones···xts#spam
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke
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