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Is this a scam ?
This just came tru on my mobile........FREEMSG: Our records indicate you may be entitled to 3750 pounds for the accident you had. To claim for free reply with CLAIM to this msg .To opt out text STOP.
It came from +447926016148
Dont know nothing about this what should i do ?
It came from +447926016148
Dont know nothing about this what should i do ?
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Of course it's a scam. Ignore it. Or complain to Ofcom and others to see if they can make more of an effort against these would-be fraudsters.
There's a thread about these coming from mainly Vodafone numbers so far, but that number was originally on O2, though the actual message sending was a third party provider (shown by the +44)0 -
Have you had an accident recently?
No?
Scam
Stan0 -
Yes, definite scam.Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies0 -
Defo Scam...0
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This just came tru on my mobile........FREEMSG: Our records indicate you may be entitled to 3750 pounds for the accident you had. To claim for free reply with CLAIM to this msg .To opt out text STOP.
It came from +447926016148
Dont know nothing about this what should i do ?
@Paul2468,
Same scam different number, check out this thread;
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=20843290 -
This just came tru on my mobile........FREEMSG: Our records indicate you may be entitled to 3750 pounds for the accident you had. To claim for free reply with CLAIM to this msg .To opt out text STOP.
It came from +447926016148
Dont know nothing about this what should i do ?
hey paul, can you double check if you havent be charged a premium rate for receiving that text.
i know people who have received texts claiming to be a "freemsg" and end up being charged £1.50!0 -
i got this one today from +447767073747 (07767073747) gits! i better not have been charged to receive this.Willow: I knew it, I knew it, well not in the sense of having the slightest idea, but I knew there was something I didn't know!0
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This is clearly an ongoing scam... I received the same message at 13:46 on 24-5-10, from +447867632202 namely:
"FREEMSG: Our records indicate you may be entitled to 3750 pounds for the accident you had. To claim for free reply with CLAIM to this msg .To opt out text STOP"
I have sent a complaint to my provider, Orange. A call to the number found a Vodaphone message. I have not replied to the text for fear that it may generate a premium rate, but can I be charged a premium rate merely for having received this unwanted text?0 -
A call to the number found a Vodaphone message.
Oops!! Wrong answer!!!
Check your bill - chances are you've been charged a small fortune just to listen to their recorded message.In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry and was widely regarded as a bad move.The late, great, Douglas Adams.0 -
you shouldnt get charged for recieving the original txt but dont reply whatever you do .... then you will get charged , as grouch says .. bet they charged for the anserphone message aswell
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